National Mentoring Month – MENTOR Vermont

MENTOR Vermont awards nearly $175,000 in Covid-19 Response Grants to youth mentoring agencies serving rural communities affected by opiate epidemic

July 24, 2020 COVID-19, MENTOR Vermont, OJJDP, Opioid Epidemic, Vermont Department For Children and Families

Burlington, VT—MENTOR Vermont recently awarded four COVID-19 Response Grants, totaling $174,014, to youth mentoring agencies in rural communities in northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast Vermont. This one-time funding in response to the pandemic comes from a larger, $1.25 million three-year federal grant that the Vermont Department for Children and...

Recommendations and Resources for Vermont Mentoring Programs during the COVID-19 Pandemic

March 16, 2020 COVID-19, MENTOR Vermont

Note: This letter/post was published on March 16. Visit our continually updated COVID-19 Recommendations and Resources page for the most up-to-date information and resources. Hello Vermont Mentoring Community, With the closure of Vermont’s schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MENTOR Vermont recommends that all mentoring programs suspend all in-person...

Vermont DCF and MENTOR Vermont receive $1.25 million grant to provide mentoring services in communities affected by opiate epidemic

February 13, 2020 MENTOR Vermont, OJJDP, Opioid Epidemic, Vermont Department For Children and Families

Burlington, VT—The Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF) and MENTOR Vermont will receive a federal grant of $1.25 million over three years from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to provide mentoring services to youth living in rural Vermont communities affected by the opiate epidemic....

Celebrating Vermont Youth and Their Mentors in Montpelier

February 5, 2020 MENTOR Vermont, Mentoring Celebration, Mentoring Events, National Mentoring Month, Vermont Ambassadors of Mentoring

On January 22, MENTOR Vermont hosted nearly 200 youth mentees, volunteer mentors, and mentoring supporters from around the state for our annual Youth Mentoring Celebration at the Statehouse in Montpelier. This free event marked the culmination of National Mentoring Month festivities in Vermont, and featured: The signing of a...

The Upper Valley Mentoring Campaign

March 7, 2019 Mentor Recruitment, MENTOR Vermont, Upper Valley

MENTOR Vermont, in partnership with five agencies that coordinate youth mentoring programs in the Upper Valley, recently launched a campaign to recruit new mentors in the region. MENTOR Vermont, The DREAM Program, Empower Up! Mentoring in Windsor Central, Everybody Wins! Vermont, The Mentoring Project of the Upper Valley, and...

2018-2019 Annual Appeal

December 20, 2018 Advocacy, Annual Appeal, MENTOR Vermont

Having a caring, consistent adult mentor can play a crucial role in helping a young person succeed. Currently, one in three youth in Vermont enter adulthood without having a structured or informal adult mentor in their lives. Joanne, who mentors through Connecting Youth in the Champlain Valley School District,...

Mobius is Now MENTOR Vermont

October 27, 2018 MENTOR Vermont, MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, Mobius, News

Dear Vermont youth mentoring friends and partners, We’re excited to inform you that Mobius has rebranded to MENTOR Vermont. While our name and logo have changed, our mission remains the same. We continue to focus on providing resources and support to youth mentoring programs in Vermont so they can...