• Pairs one young person with an adult mentor
• Generally includes intensive screening
• Parental/Family involvement in the process
• Support structures in place

• Examples- breakfast, lunch, snack buddies
• One hour once a week, twice a month
• Spend time in a school setting having break, lunch or a snack with a mentee

• Focus more narrowly on establishing a career path
• Young people learn about a career and receive career coaching
• Can be conducted at a workplace or one-on-one

• Brings Mentors and mentees together in a place of worship
• Can reach potential mentors and mentees in a way that other mentoring programs may not
• Churches may consider mentoring as an outreach ministry
• The faith community has many resources for mentoring
• The faith community can define its goals and outcomes-developing self-esteem, tutoring, social etc.

• Pairs one young person with an adult mentor
• Generally includes intensive screening
• Parental/Family involvement in the process
• Support structures in place

• Focus on helping students develop positive behaviors
• Focus on mentor and mentee volunteering for community service projects or Community Service Work Days (MLK, Make A Difference Day, National Youth Service Day

• Activities and get togethers occur at school
• Activities generally are geared to academics
• School setting has many resources ? media center, computer lab
• Teachers can provide guidance and support
• Transportation in general is not a problem

• Several mentors are assigned to a group of mentees
• Mentors and mentees have the opportunity to interact with more people
• If one mentor misses a session, another mentor can fill in
• Generally works with professionals with busy schedules
• Mentees can interact with their peers

• Links students to adults via the internet
• Penpals
• Busy mentors who have limited time to get involved with students
• Enhances student computer skills
• Builds a relationship between a student and adult mentor
• Students can be linked with an adult locally, nationally or internationally

• A business/company hosts young people at the workplace
• Young people would require traveling to and from the workplace
• Employees are given release time to mentor
• Activities and goals depend on the type of business and employees interest
• Focus can be on technical skills, understanding of the workplace, career exploration
• Access to resources, equipment, space and other tools
• Broadens a young persons experiences, introduces new career options
• Enhances the company?s image and boost morale
• Employees are spending more time at work, therefore, this option is convenient and allows more time with mentee