ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE
NYC Service partners with City agencies, including the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), the NYC Department of Education (NYCDOE), the Young Men’s Initiative, and the Center for Youth Employment (CYE), to engage volunteers in meaningful, recurring mentor relationships to enhance the social-emotional support of our City’s youth.
Are you looking to become a mentor?
Click here to access opportunities from our NYC Mentoring Coalition partners.
Are you a CBO that works with mentoring? Join the NYC Mentoring Coalition!
The NYC Mentoring Coalition is a group of nonprofit and City agency partners dedicated to strengthening mentoring across New York City, supporting the NYC Youth Mentoring Strategic Plan to reach 40,000 high school students with mentoring experiences annually by 2022. The group meets quarterly and is led by NYC Service, the Center for Youth Employment, Young Men's Initiative, NYC Department of Education, and the Department of Youth and Community Services.
Benefits to joining the NYC Mentoring Coalition include:
- Networking with like-minded City agencies and nonprofits dedicated to the success of NYC youth through mentoring
- Learning about City-sponsored mentoring platforms and initiatives
- Inclusion in annual mentor recruitment drives, and access to mentoring promotional materials
Email youthmentoring@cityhall.nyc.gov with your name, organization, and contact information (address, phone, email) to join the NYC Mentoring Coalition.
Current NYC Mentoring Coalition Partners include:
Bigs & Littles NYC
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
BronxConnect
BronxWorks
Brooklyn Community Services
Catholic Big Sisters & Big Brothers
Children of Promise
City Rock
College Summit, Inc.
DREAM
Elevate New York
Essay Busters
Eye to Eye
Grand Street Settlement
Goddard Riverside Options
Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF)
Junior Achievement
Manny Cantor Center
Mentor NY
NY Urban Debate League
New York City Mentoring Program (NYCMP)
One Hundred Black Men
Options for College
P2L
Partnership for After School Education
PowerPlay NYC
Read Ahead
Roads to Success
Shining Our Light Services
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO)
Sports and Arts in Schools Foundation (SASF)
Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center
Stoked
Student Sponsor Partners
Summer Search
The Way There, Inc.
V-ELMS
We Are Family Foundation
WNET
YMCA
NYC YOUTH MENTORING STRATEGIC PLAN
Vision
Working with a City agency planning team and the NYC Mentoring Coalition, NYC Youth Mentoring will be available to and encouraged for every young person in New York City as a proven and positive youth development strategy, which contributes to positive decision-making, education achievements, successful career/college options and life pathways.
Overarching Goal
The overarching goal of NYC Youth Mentoring Strategic Plan is to reach 40,000 High School students with mentoring experience annually by 2022, supporting the city's Equity and Excellence plan to achieve 80% high school graduation and 2/3 college-ready rate by 2026. The initiative seeks to double the high schools and mentees involved by 2022, reaching 40,000 high school students in 400 high schools (36,000 of which are in City-sponsored programs).
Citywide Mentoring Definition
Mentoring is a relationship that promotes positive youth development and enables the transition of youth to full and productive adult lives.
NYC Mentoring Principles
- Develop sustained, trained, and caring volunteer adult relationships for NYC High School students.
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Employ creative channels to connect volunteer mentors and youth from diverse backgrounds, with a focus on six target neighborhoods of greatest need.
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Prioritize access to mentoring for High School students as a youth development strategy.
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View mentoring as a City strategy to build the capacity of schools and community organizations to offer and encourage a cycle of mentoring.
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Offer prospective mentors a wide range of mentoring opportunities and models with flexibility and broad applicability.
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