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Mentoring Council administers 5 community grants 4:52 p.m., Jan. 3, 2007--Valerie Woodruff, Delaware's secretary of education, has announced that the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) recently awarded $25,000 for community mentoring/tutoring programs. Each program was funded for the maximum amount of $5,000. The funds are for structured community mentoring/tutoring programs that serve academically and socially at-risk youth throughout Delaware. This is the first year that these funds have been made available and the first time that the Delaware Mentoring Council (DMC), based at UD, has administered this particular mentoring/tutoring grant for the DDOE. “These five program recipients represent a wonderful cross section of community mentoring/tutoring sites offering a wide range of support for children and youth who can greatly benefit from this service,” Secretary Woodruff said. “We hope that the next round of grants might reach an even broader section of the state.” Five mentoring/tutoring programs in Wilmington received funding. Cathedral Community Services' Cathedral Choir School of Delaware College Bound Mentoring The Cathedral Choir School uses music and mentoring as a foundation for positive growth in the lives of youth. Besides receiving professional choral training, piano lessons, leadership development and opportunities for travel, boys and girls ages 7-17 who are involved with the Cathedral Choir School have an opportunity to participate in a mentoring program. Delaware Youth for Christ One-on-One Mentoring Program Youth for Christ operates a Faith-Based Mentoring Program for inner-city youth. Trained mentors have the option of connecting with their mentees in a school setting or at a Youth for Christ center. The goal of Youth for Christ mentoring is to listen, encourage and demonstrate God's love by offering consistent, dependable and responsible friendship. Latin American Community Center After-School HOSTS Mentoring Program The Latin American Community Center uses the HOSTS Reading Arts Program. Mentors work with students on reading activities involving workbooks, printed exercises, computer activities and games. A half hour is spent working on a lesson and another half hour is spent playing a HOSTS game or other activity. Mentors report to a program coordinator weekly to report on each student's progress. Urban Promise Wilmington StreetLeaders & Job Training Program Urban Promise Wilmington StreetLeaders work as junior counselors in an after-school program. StreetLeaders all participate in one-on-one mentoring with an adult mentor. Mentors assist with SAT preparation and homework help. They also participate in social events with their mentees, such as basketball games and college tours. Rodney Street Tennis & Tutoring Association (RST&TA) RST&TA works with young people from first grade through college. Tutor/mentors provide one-on-one academic tutoring to students in an after-school setting Monday through Thursday evenings. RST&TA also offers a summer program that provides physical activity for participants through tennis instruction. DDOE originally released funding for community mentoring/tutoring programs in the amount of $50,000. Since only $25,000 was used by existing programs, the DMC will release an RFP in January for new mentoring/tutoring programs looking for seed funding. |
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