vermont mentoring collaborative

We hold the vision that every Vermont child who needs or wants a mentor has one.

The Vermont Mentoring Collaborative is a committed group of funders invested in promoting and supporting high-quality, adult-to-child mentoring programs in Vermont. We do this by promoting best practices, establishing statewide standards, providing technical assistance, and monitoring outcomes. The VMC resources this critical work through grantmaking, with the ultimate goal of sustainably increasing the quality and quantity of mentoring matches statewide.

Please review our initiatives below, and contact Paula Francis for more information: vtmentoring@gmail.com, 802-279-4092.

Core Standards for Mentoring Programs

Vermont Mentors!

Mentoring In Schools

Vermont's Online Mentoring Resource

Core Standards for Mentoring Programs: We ask every grantee of the Vermont Mentoring Collaborative or Vermont Mentors! to meet the Core Standards for Mentoring Programs. Based on the national best practices and lessons learned in Vermont, we believe strongly that these basic standards for quality and safety are integral to achieving the impacts on children and youth we know are possible through mentoring.
Core Standards for Mentoring Programs 1/09

Vermont Mentors!: A partnership of the Vermont Agency of Human Services and the Permanent Fund, Vermont Mentors! represents Governor Douglas' and the Vermont Legislature's strong commitment to mentoring. In the first 3 years, Vermont Mentors! has grown mentoring programs with $750,000 in grantmaking and resulted in over 800 adult-to-child matches to date.
The next Vermont Mentors! deadline is 5:00 p.m., October 1st, 2009. Applicants will be notified of final decisions by November 30, 2009, with the grant period January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010.: Applicants, please download and review the three documents below to apply for a 2010 Vermont Mentors! grant:

2009 Vermont Mentors! Reporting Guidelines

Mentoring In Schools: The Vermont Mentoring Collaborative has developed this initiative to expand access to the benefits of mentoring through the development of sustainable programs in elementary schools . We are supporting new school programs with both technical assistance and grantmaking - please download the guidelines below for more information.

Mentoring In Schools Grantmaking Guidelines

Mentoring In Schools Cover Sheet: Planning Grants

Mentoring In Schools Cover Sheet: Implementation Grants

Vermont's Online Mentoring Resource

Want to find your local mentoring program? Learn how to start a program? Communicate with other mentoring coordinators? Go to Vermont's online resource for mentoring: http://www.vtmentoring.org/