Welcome to the New National Mentoring Resource Center Website
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and MENTOR National are excited to announce the launch of the National Mentoring Resource Center’s new website! The National Mentoring Resource Center is a comprehensive and reliable resource for mentoring tools, program and training materials, as well as access to no-cost training and technical assistance. The website, which originally launched in 2014, has been recently refreshed with a brand-new look and feel to ensure ease of use as the National Mentoring Resource Center continues to be the premier resource hub for the youth mentoring field.
As the number of tools, resources, and information featured on the National Mentoring Resource Center website has continued to grow over the years, OJJDP recognized the need to enhance the National Mentoring Resource Center, making the site even more comprehensive and user-friendly. OJJDP carefully considered valued feedback received from focus groups of mentoring practitioners, technical assistance providers and youth. The new website includes brand new features, as well as helpful upgrades to existing features, all to help you access the content that is most beneficial to your youth mentoring program! Please access the NMRC Demo Video for OJJDP, where you will find a video tutorial walking you through what’s new on the site, from a smart self-assessment tool pointing you toward resources mapped to your needs, to discussion boards that allow you to engage with your peers, share resources and collaborate!
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- The new homepage navigation has been streamlined and now features 6 main tabs – About, Resources, How We Can Help, Get Involved, Research Tools and Blog. These menu items present the website’s content in a restructured and more user-friendly navigation experience.
- We now offer a log-in feature to create your own custom user account, which allows users to bookmark resources to save them in your Dashboard and return to them later, as well as participate in discussion forums.
- Interested in looking into ways to find or become a mentor? The Get Involved tab contains direct links to Find a Mentor and how to Become a Mentor through the Mentoring Connector.
- Our advanced search function, on the main homepage, is now more intuitive. Users can search the National Mentoring Resource Center’s vast collection of resources and research by keyword search or filter by resource type or topic, with the ability to bookmark resources for later reference.
- The new self-guided Resource Assessment is a new feature that will help you find tools, templates, and readings relative to your needs. For items that you may need further support addressing, a list of resources will be emailed to you upon completion of the assessment.
- Check out the new Youth Involvement page, where the National Mentoring Resource Center highlights mentoring resources for youth and shares practices and strategies to make sure youth voice is represented in mentoring programs across the country.
- Peer-to-Peer Learning Discussion Boards will allow you to communicate with other mentoring practitioners and share files and resources on a variety of youth mentoring subjects.
We hope that you will enjoy the brand-new National Mentoring Resource Center website and the site will be a useful resource for your organization as you continue to grow and strengthen your youth mentoring program. Please review the NMRC Demo Video, where you will find a video tutorial walking you through what’s new on the site, from a smart self-assessment tool pointing you toward resources mapped to your needs, to discussion boards that allow you to engage with your peers, share resources and collaborate!