Wide Open Spaces: Bridging the Resource Gap in Rural Mentoring

Description of Resource: Rural communities have their own unique set of strengths and challenges, especially when working with young people. Working with members and partners from rural areas, the Youth Collaboratory compiled resources that help address the needs of rural mentoring programs. This toolkit features concrete recommended practices and specific techniques that can be used to build a sustainable mentoring program within the context of rural communities. There are four modules within the resource: Drawing on the Strengths of Rural Communities; Messaging + Marketing; Partnerships + Collaboration; Resources.

Note: This resource should be used in combination with resources that provide more comprehensive and holistic guidance and tools for serving youth in rural communities. These include the Rural Community Health Kit, which can be found here.

Goals: To offer programs that work with rural youth populations key skills and strategies to meet the needs of their prospective communities while adhering to recommended practices.

Target Population/Eligibility or Target Sites: Mentoring Programs

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice: All

Key Personnel: N /A

Publisher/Source: Youth Collaboratory

Authors: Resources for this toolkit were created by Youth Collaboratory or found on the following sites: MENTOR, National Mentoring Resource Center, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, Center for Collaborative Planning, Center for Community Health and Development at the University of Kansas, Community Toolbox. COMPASS, Top Nonprofits, Energize, Inc., NonProfit PRO, CharityNet USA, Administration for Children and Families, Triple Pundit, Charity Village, TSNE MissionWorks, Education Northwest, and Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring.

Date of Publication: 2018

Resource Type: Program Management Resources

Evaluation Methodology: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Evaluation Outcomes: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

External Validity: Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Find online link

https://www.youthcollaboratory.org/toolkit/rural-mentoring-toolkit

Evidence Base: N/A

Additional References: N/A