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Adult/Youth Relationships Pilot Project: Initial Implementation Report

Amachi In Brief

Big Brothers/Big Sisters: A Study of Program Practices

Big Brothers/Big Sisters: A Study of Volunteer Recruitment and Screening

Building from the Ground Up: Creating Effective Programs to Mentor Children of Prisoners (The Amachi Model)

Building Relationships With Youth in Program Settings: A Study of Big Brothers/Big Sisters

Building Relationships: A Guide for New Mentors

College Students as Mentors for At-Risk Youth: A Study of Six Campus Partners in Learning Programs

Contemporary Issues in Mentoring

Evaluating Mentoring Programs

Group Mentoring: A Study of Mentoring Groups in Three Programs

Guides for the Journey: Supporting High-Risk Youth with Paid Mentors and Counselors

High School Mentors In Brief: Findings from the Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring Impact Study

High School Students as Mentors: Findings from the Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring Impact Study

High School Students as Mentors: Findings from the Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring Impact Study Executive Summary

I Have a Dream in Washington, D.C.: Initial Report

Making a Difference in Schools: The Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring Impact Study

Making a Difference in Schools: The Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring Impact Study
Executive Summary

Making a Difference: An Impact Study of Big Brothers/Big Sisters
(Re-issue of 1995 Study)

Measuring the Quality of Mentor-Youth Relationships: A Tool for Mentoring Programs

Mentoring Former Prisoners: A Guide for Reentry Programs

Mentoring Formerly Incarcerated Adults: Insights from the Ready4Work Reentry Initiative

Mentoring in the Juvenile Justice System: Findings from Two Pilot Programs

Mentoring School-Age Children: A Classification of Programs

Mentoring School-Age Children: Relationship Development in Community-Based and School-Based Programs

Mentoring Sexual Minority Youth

Mentoring, Policy and Politics

Mentoring: A Synthesis of P/PV's Research: 1988-1995

P/PV Preview: Mentoring Ex-Prisoners in the Ready4Work Reentry Initiative

Partners in Growth: Elder Mentors and At-Risk Youth Executive Summary

Positive Support: Mentoring and Depression Among High-Risk Youth

Recruiting Mentors: A Guide to Finding Volunteers

Relationships in a Career Mentoring Program: Lessons Learned from the Hospital Youth Mentoring Program

Same Race and Cross Race Matching

School-Based Mentoring: A Closer Look

School-Based Mentoring: A First Look Into Its Potential

Supporting Mentors

The ABCs of School-Based Mentoring

The Kindness of Strangers: Reflections on the Mentoring Movement

The Promise and Challenge of Mentoring High-Risk Youth: Findings from the National Faith-Based Initiative

Training New Mentors

Understanding How Youth and Elders Form Relationships: A Study of Four Linking Lifetimes Programs

Youth Development: Issues, Challenges and Directions

Amachi: Mentoring Children of Prisoners in Philadelphia

by Linda Jucovy
June 2003, 48 pages

A unique partnership of secular and faith-based institutions, Amachi recruits volunteers from congregations to mentor children of prisoners. During its first two years in operation, the program generated more than 550 adult-child matches. This report explores the implications of the Amachi experience for policymakers, funders and others interested in starting similar programs. It describes the Amachi model and traces the steps involved in moving from plan to reality, focusing on approaches for recruiting children, pastors and volunteers. It also examines mentors' successes and challenges, along with the program infrastructure designed to support and monitor matches. In addition, the report presents data on program quality and effectiveness.

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