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CALENDAR
July 31 IMP Quarterly Report DUE
NO IMP PEER SHARE CALL in JULY
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QUARTERLY REPORT DUE
 The IMP Quarterly report is available here and due July 31st for IMP certified youth mentoring programs. You will be reporting total mentors and mentees and mentor volunteer hours for the past 12 months as well as providing some annual feedback. The survey is available here. Your data and feedback is appreciated.
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IMP STAFF UPDATES
Congratulations Nicole Quade!
 ICVS staff member Nicole Quade is transitioning to a new position working full-time with the Iowa Mentoring Partnership starting in mid-July. She will be administering the IMP Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant working with six local mentoring program sub-grantees. Over a three-year period, this grant will build youth mentoring program capacity in rural communities with a focus on youth impacted by opioids. Mentoring programs will focus on strengthening protective factors for youth and families by building strong mentoring relationships for youth by providing enhanced support for mentor mentee matches, empowering community engagement for youth and increasing parental involvement.
Welcome to IMP Jason Wiegand!
 Jason Wiegand has joined the IMP as the Future Ready Iowa Mentoring Program Manager. He has spent the last 8 years supporting students at DMACC Southridge (Bridges to Success HiSET program), the University of Iowa (Associate Director, Diversity & Inclusion), and Iowa State University (Academic Advisor). He is from Door County, Wisconsin, about a half-hour from Lambeau Field. He relocated to Iowa City to serve as an AmeriCorps VISTA in ’02. He is an alum of ISU (Master of Education, ’13) and UW-Eau Claire (B.A., English, ’01). Jason is also a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and previously served as the founding Intertribal Chair of the American Indian Faculty/Staff Council at ISU. In his spare time, he enjoys running, coaching youth sports, and being dad to his four children (ages 17, 13, 11, and 1). Contact Jason at jason.wiegand@iowaeda.com or 515-348-6262. |
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QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
In this webinar you will learn:
- What quality improvement (QI) is, and what it is not
- How this seemingly simple methodology can lead to big changes
- Real world examples of how to apply QI to common prevention situations
- Next steps to apply quality improvement to your work
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Date: September 24 - December 3, 2019
Time: 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $125 for all six sessions
The online Volunteer Management series will enhance best practices training and provide a consistent curriculum to be used within your organization. The webinar series is live, interactive, and the online classes are presented by leading experts across the state.
Your involvement in this training series will connect you with other volunteer coordinators and managers throughout the country and provide an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of this advanced curriculum.
Our Volunteer Management training series is geared toward individuals that are new to managing or coordinating volunteers for nonprofits, schools, government agencies, faith-based organizations, or service organizations.
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Kitty Myers and Spenser were matched in the Independence Community Schools Mentoring Program (Mustang Mentoring) 11 years ago when Spenser was in 2nd grade. Both of them had loved ones serve in the military, so Kitty was happy to support Spenser through the times his father was away in the National Guard. Today, Spenser is attending boot camp for the National Guard. Click the image below to read more about the amazing friendship these two forged.
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SOCIAL MEDIA TIP
 Don't let your program take a summer vacation from social media. Your frequency of posts may decrease but continue to stay engaged with your mentors, mentees, parents, and other members of the community. Post about fun, future plans for the program. Share pictures reflecting on this recent school year and good memories made. Share stories of memorable group or match.activities. Make your posts fun and lighthearted; make sure they're lively. Whatever you do, avoid stopping social media engagement altogether.
ADVOCACY TIPDid you have any of your elected leaders and officials visit your program? Perhaps attend any of your events or award ceremonies? if so, be sure to email them to thank them for coming to the event and tell them more about what you do. Provide additional information to engage them more deeply while acknowledging that their support is appreciated and valued. Keep that communication line open and consistent!
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WHAT YOU MISSED ON THE LAST PEER SHARE CALL
June 13, 2019: Ongoing Mentor Training -- Tools and Tips
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MENTORING MATERIALS: Resources for Your Program
RESEARCH
Kids Count Data: Overall child well-being improves, but big racial disparities continue. The number of children in the United States increased by more than 9 million in 30 years, with most of that increase among children of color in southern and western states. The figures were presented in the latest Kids Count Data Book released June 17, a data collection published by the Annie E. Casey Foundation each year for the past three decades. Data show that the well-being of the nation’s children differs widely based on race, a situation that the after-school field, among others, has sought to address.
Charlotte, Wilbur, and the myth of the selfless mentor. Why do ordinary people sacrifice their precious time, emotional capital, and resources to serve as volunteer mentors? Are volunteers being purely altruistic or are other motivational forces at work? And, if volunteer mentors are motivated, in part, by personal or professional goals, does that make their service any less valuable? These are intriguing questions that have implications for our efforts to encourage and sustain a volunteer mentoring workforce, particularly as we move toward more targeted, evidence-based approaches.
RESOURCES
Transition to adulthood for youth leaving care can be made smoother, safer. Not all children are safe at home; child maltreatment is an epidemic. When children are not safe at home, the child protection system intervenes. Almost 450,000 children are placed in foster care annually in the United States. When children are removed from their families, the foster care system is responsible for teaching life skills and ensuring youth are prepared to live on their own.
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