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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 367 

Designating January 2012 as ‘‘National Mentoring Month’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 2, 2012 

Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. MCCAIN, and Mr. KERRY) submitted the 

following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating January 2012 as ‘‘National Mentoring Month’’. 

Whereas mentoring is a longstanding tradition in which a dependable, caring adult provides guidance, support, and 

encouragement to facilitate the social, emotional, and 

cognitive development of a young person; 

Whereas continued research on mentoring shows that formal, 

high-quality mentoring focused on developing the competence and character of the mentee promotes positive 

outcomes, such as improved academic achievement, selfesteem, social skills, and career development; 

Whereas further research on mentoring provides strong evidence that mentoring successfully reduces substance use 

and abuse, academic failure, and delinquency; 


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Whereas mentoring, in addition to preparing young people for 

school, work, and life, is extremely rewarding for the people who serve as mentors; 

Whereas more than 5,000 mentoring programs in communities of all sizes across the United States focus on building strong, effective relationships between mentors and 

mentees; 

Whereas approximately 3,000,000 young people in the United 

States are in formal mentoring relationships due to the 

remarkable vigor, creativity, and resourcefulness of the 

thousands of mentoring programs in communities 

throughout the United States; 

Whereas, in spite of the progress made in increasing mentoring, the United States has a serious ‘‘mentoring gap’’, 

with nearly 15,000,000 young people in need of mentors; 

Whereas mentoring partnerships between the public and private sectors bring State and local leaders together to support mentoring programs by preventing duplication of efforts, offering training in industry best practices, and 

making the most of limited resources to benefit young 

people in the United States; 

Whereas the designation of January 2012 as ‘‘National Mentoring Month’’ will help call attention to the critical role 

mentors play in helping young people realize their potential; 

Whereas a month-long celebration of mentoring will encourage more individuals and organizations, including schools, 

businesses, nonprofit organizations, faith institutions, 

and foundations, to become engaged in mentoring across 

the United States; and 

Whereas, most significantly, National Mentoring Month— 


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(1) will build awareness of mentoring; and 

(2) will encourage more people to become mentors 

and help close the mentoring gap in the United States: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) designates the month of January 2012 as 

3 ‘‘National Mentoring Month’’; 

4 (2) recognizes with gratitude the contributions 

5 of the millions of caring adults and students who are 

6 already volunteering as mentors; and 

7 (3) encourages more adults and students to vol8 unteer as mentors. 

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