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The Florida Mentoring Partnership, in keeping with the state's pledge to America's Promise, helps students excel in school and life by recruiting Floridians to become mentors. This partnership, which began as the Governor's Mentoring Initiative in 1999, promotes collaboration among state agencies, municipalities, businesses, nonprofit organizations, individuals and schools.
The Partnership has formed an advocacy council that will work to keep mentoring at the forefront of state policy and statewide practice.
Mentoring changes lives. Statistics show that a young person who meets with a mentor is:
- 46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs
- 27% less likely to begin drinking alcohol
- 52% less likely to skip school
- 33% less likely to engage in a fight
Mentoring can, and should, be a long-term commitment to Florida’s children. Results of the latest phase of our research in Florida shows that mentored students have marked learning gains and are enrolling in continuing education at higher rates than non-mentored students.
Join us in helping to positively impact the lives of Florida's children in need. Be a mentor. To locate a local mentoring program, click here
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