Communities In Schools of NJ MENTORING SUCCESS CENTER The Communities In Schools of NJ (CISNJ) Mentoring Success Center is an exciting partnership between Communities In School of New Jersey and the Nicholson Foundation to provide coordination, training and support for mentoring programs in the Newark/Essex County area.
Above: Participants in a CIS of NJ Mentoring Success Center training workshop at Essex County Community College.
Services Include: Mentor Training; Assistance with Mentor program design; Assistance with Mentor recruitment & retention; Monthly workshops on mentoring Recruitment, Retention, Mentor Screening, best practices and other program specific challenges; Marketing Assistance; And much more!
What is MENTORING?A matter of trust. Mentoring is a structured and trusting relationship that brings young people together with caring individuals who offer guidance, support and encouragement aimed at developing the competence and character of the mentee. A mentor is an adult who, along with parents, provides a young person with support, counsel, friendship, reinforcement and constructive example. Mentors are good listeners, people who care, people who want to help young people bring out strengths that are already there. A mentor is not a foster parent, therapist, parole officer, or cool peer. 
All young people have the potential to succeed in life and contribute to society. All children have the potential to succeed in life and contribute to society. However, not all children get the support they need to thrive. By all estimates, an astounding 17.6 million young people – nearly half the population of young people between 10 and 18 years of age – live in situations that put them at risk of not living up to their potential. Without immediate intervention by caring adults, they could make choices that not only undermine their futures, but, ultimately, the economic and social well-being of our nation. Mentoring – the presence of caring adults offering support, advice, friendship, reinforcement and constructive examples – has proved to be a powerful tool for helping young people fulfills their potential. Source: Mentoring.org Highlights
Read about Mayor Cory Booker partnering with CISNJ Mentoring Success Center and other mentoring organizations to celebrate National Mentoring Month in January 2009. 1. (Official Press Release - Top) 2. New Jersey Star Ledger Story (Bottom) 
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