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About the Governor's Mentoring Partnership
Contact Information:
Email:
Address:
Governor's Mentoring Partnership
1700 K Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Phone Number:
1.800.444.3066
Staff at GMP:
Oscar Villegas
Deputy Director
916.323.8746
ovillegas@adp.ca.gov
Cheryl Daijogo
Secretary
916.327.8604
cdaijogo@adp.ca.gov
Purpose:
The Governor's Mentoring Partnership (GMP), formerly the California Mentoring Initiative under Governor Wilson (Executive Order W-132-96, 1996), was created to provide continuing support for California's youth through mentoring. Statistics show that children with mentors demonstrate solid improvements, especially in the areas of academic performance and are less likely to be involved with gangs, violence, teen pregnancy, alcohol and drug use. Mentoring is a logical, cost-effective prevention strategy that provides youth with positive, caring role models who help them succeed and become productive, contributing members of our society.
The GMP works in partnership with community, faith and school based mentoring programs such as Big Brothers/ Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Clubs and regional mentoring coalitions throughout the state to provide increased public awareness of the need for and support of mentoring; identify and implement effective incentives and strategies to expand mentoring in the public and private sector. The goal of GMP is to encourage strong collaborations regionally to involve whole communities in mentoring efforts to assist our youth.
Objectives:
- Advise the Administration and the private sector on policy and strategies to increase the number of mentors in California.
- Develop and continuously improve the GMP and its services through strategic planning, ongoing evaluation, policy identification and development, goal setting and program development.
- Work with California business and corporate entities to incorporate mentoring into their organizations, support local mentoring programs including after school mentoring efforts and acquaint them with the benefits of mentoring for youth, community and business including the use of mentoring as a workforce development, training and retention tool.
- Oversees the development, delivery and evaluation of products and services including technical assistance provided to mentor coalitions, programs, business, and other organizations involved in mentoring.
- Serves as lead members of task forces involving national, state and local government, community and special interest groups related to mentoring to provide leadership, policy guidance and direction regarding mentoring policies, practices, procedures and strategies.
- Serves as the California representative to the National Mentoring Partnership
- Provides policy guidance and direction regarding mentoring to state departments and their directors.
- Actively advises the Administration regarding sensitive and complex issues relative to mentoring.
- Plans, organizes and directs a variety of mentoring projects and special events to increase public awareness and support for mentoring and mentor programs statewide.
- Provides leadership and creativity in outreach efforts and implementation of special projects and programs under directive from the Governor's Office.
- Promotes and assists in the development of partnerships with public, non-profit and private-sector organizations, business, schools, and community based mentoring programs.
- Works directly with mentor coalitions by region to provide information and support.
- Conduct monthly meetings with State Department Mentor Recruiters to disseminate information and provide workshops and strategies related to mentoring.
- Identify State Recruiter needs and develop a training plan for monthly meetings, quarterly and annual training and other forms of information useful in developing a knowledge base and skills necessary for departmental support of mentoring in California.