Cultivating supportive communities for young people – Mentor pathways into and following a youth mentoring program

Ariella Meltzer and Isabella Saunders

Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 110, issue C

Abstract: Having a trusted adult in one’s life can be a key support to young people in making and managing the transitions of young adulthood, however not all young people have access to such an adult. Formal youth mentoring programs aim to fill this gap for individual young people, but there is less understanding of the capacity of such programs to contribute to community-building and skill-building, so that there are more adults with the skills and sensibilities to support young people generally and be trusted adults for them, wherever they come across them in their communities.

Keywords: Trusted adults; Youth mentoring; Supportive communities; Young people; Mentors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104815

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