For Programs - Operating a Program - Mentoring for Specific Populations

Most mentored youth face a variety of factors which challenge their day-to-day lives and influence their futures. The National Mentoring Center offers multiple toolkits for working with specific youth populations.

Mentoring Gang Members

Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents

Amachi in Brief, P/PV
Building from the Ground Up: Creating Effective Programs to Mentor Children of Prisoners
Family & Corrections Network National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated
Supporting Families with Incarcerated Parents: Strengthening Families

Foster Youth

Youth affected by HIV/Aids 

Rise n’ Shine, a Seattle program, has been serving these youth through mentoring and camps for 20 years.

Gay/Lesbian/Bi-Sexual/Questioning Youth 

Mentoring Immigrant and Refugee Youth 

Youth with Disabilities