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- EIN 02-0658483
- (802) 658-1888
- 19 Marble Ave Burlington VT 05401-4780 USA
- www.mobiusmentors.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Adult & Child Matching Programs, Children & Youth, Crime & Law, Education, Youth Violence Prevention
Mission: Mobius, vermonts mentoring partnership develops a culture of mentoring throughout the state of vermont by providing resources and support to one-to-one adult-to-youth mentoring programs so they can succeed, grow, and meet the needs of youth in their communities.
Programs: Grant funding: mobius provides grants to non-profit agencies, school school districts, and supervisory unions to establish new adult-to-youth mentoring programs in underserved areas of vermont, and to support existing mentoring programs in increasing their number of mentor matches and the quality of their programing.
technical support: mobius provides hands-on technical assistance for programs, works with programs to ensure they are meeting best practices through the quality mentoring system, facilitates mentoring program collaboration throughout the state by connecting individual programs with one another and events like the vermont mentoring symposium, and works with programs to develop an infrastructure that allows mentor matches to continue meeting through the mentees high school graduation as a part of mobius k-12 mentoring initiative.
public awareness: mobius promotes public awareness of mentoring and local mentoring programs with press releases, appearances on news outlets, statewide and regional events, social media and online promotions, paid media, and through various other means. Mobius also organizes an annual mentoring month campaign in vermont, highlighted by a mentoring celebration at the vermont statehouse, and leads local and national advocacy efforts in support of youth mentoring programs. Nationally, mobius works collaboratively with mentor (the national mentoring partnership) and mentors other affiliates across the nation to help lead the national mentoring movement.