M APPING THE S TATE OF M ENTORING : C OLLECTIVE I MPACT OF M ENTORING IN M INNESOTA Polly Roach, Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota Deborah Mattila, The Improve Group

T OPICS Guiding Questions Research Process The Need for Mentoring The State of Mentoring in Minnesota Survey Mentoring Participants Program Models Challenges and Strategies Reflecting on Data 2

G UIDING QUESTIONS To what extent is youth mentoring happening in Minnesota? What does it look like? How great is the need for mentoring in Minnesota? How well is the need for mentoring being met? Where are there gaps in service? How can MPM continue to support quality mentoring in the State? 3

R ESEARCH PROCESS State of Mentoring in Minnesota Survey Hybrid of past MPM Prevalence of Mentoring surveys and other State of Mentoring Surveys Many new lines of inquiry: Gender gaps Program goals Types of youth served Mentoring Recruitment strategies Sent primarily to programs registered with MPM in summer

R ESEARCH PROCESS Public data Kids Count Data Center of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Children’s Defense Fund -Minnesota Statewide and County data Data related to child care, education, economic well being, public assistance, housing, poverty, family structure, health, and safety Minnesota Department of Education Data Center State, District and school level enrollment and achievement data Minnesota Department of Human Services Fact Sheets and Reports center/publications/ Data related to child care, child protection, abuse and neglect, child support, adoption, and adolescent services 5

T HE NEED FOR MENTORING No consistent definition of “at-risk” Commonly used indicators Living in poverty Free/Reduced Price Lunch Single parent household Limited English proficiency Juvenile arrests Trends show an increase in many of these indicators over the past few years Many data available online from Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Data Center 6

T HE NEED FOR MENTORING Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates. Source: Annie E. Casey Foundation, KIDS COUNT Data Center. 7

T HE NEED FOR MENTORING Source: Annie E. Casey Foundation, KIDS COUNT Data Center. 8

T HE NEED FOR MENTORING 88,701 – Children without health insurance 2010, Annie E. Casey KIDS COUNT / U.S. Census 11,239 – Children in out-of-home placements 2010, Annie E. Casey KIDS COUNT / MN Dept. of Human Services 34,000 – Homeless Children 2009, Wilder Foundation 4,491 – Children abused and neglected 2010, Annie E. Casey KIDS COUNT / MN Dept. of Human Services 50,000 – Juvenile arrests 2010, MN Dept. of Public Safety 1,072 Children born to teen mothers 2010, Annie E. Casey KIDS COUNT / MN Dept. of Health 3,401 – High school dropouts 2010, Annie E. Casey KIDS COUNT / MN Dept. of Education 60,834 – Students with limited English proficiency 2011, Annie E. Casey KIDS COUNT / Minnesota Dept. of Education 9

2012 S TATE OF M ENTORING IN M INNESOTA S URVEY Online survey conducted May-July 2012 Focus on 2011 calendar year or school year 74 responding organizations involving: 18,525 youth 13,455 mentors Topics include: Program model or format Program goals Participant numbers (youth and mentors) Participant recruitment Waiting lists Program capacity and sustainability Resources used 10

M ENTORING PARTICIPANTS 11

M ENTORING PARTICIPANTS 12

M ENTORING PARTICIPANTS 13

P ROGRAM MODELS 14

P ROGRAM MODELS 15

C HALLENGES AND STRATEGIES 16

C HALLENGES AND STRATEGIES 17

C HALLENGES AND STRATEGIES Waitlist times Programs indicated the average amount of times youth are on wait lists overall, and for male and female youth separately 18

C HALLENGES AND STRATEGIES 19

C HALLENGES AND STRATEGIES 20

R EFLECT ON DATA What, so what, now what Teach to learn 21

22 Deborah Mattila Research and Evaluation Director The Improve Group Polly Roach Vice President of Strategic Services Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota