Youth mentoring: a social development approach to youth health promotion. Grantmakers In Health.

Abstract

On November 3, 1999, GIH convened a forum, co-sponsored with Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF), featuring grantmakers who have made major commitments to youth mentoring as a health promotion strategy as well as researchers and those operating programs in the field. Participants engaged in a lively and open exchange of ideas, experiences, and information about what grantmakers can do to support and improve such programs. This Issue Brief brings together keypoints from the day's discussion with factual information on youth mentoring and grantmaker activities drawn from a background paper prepared for Dialogue participants.