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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 41 

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Mentoring Month 2009. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2009 

Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 

EHLERS, Mr. HARE, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. HONDA, 

Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Mrs. MCCARTHY of 

New York) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Mentoring 

Month 2009. 

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

encouragement to facilitate a young person’s social, emotional, and cognitive development; 

Whereas 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, self-esteem, social 

skills, and career development; 


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Whereas research on mentoring also indicates strong evidence 

of the success in reducing substance use and abuse, academic failure, and delinquency; 

Whereas mentoring, in addition to preparing young people for 

school, work, and life, is also extremely rewarding for 

those serving as mentors; 

Whereas more than 4,200 mentoring programs in communities of all sizes across the United States focus on building strong, effective relationships between mentors and 

mentees; 

Whereas 3,000,000 young Americans are currently in solid 

mentoring relationships due to the remarkable vigor, creativity, and resourcefulness of the thousands of mentoring programs in communities throughout the Nation; 

Whereas in spite of the progress made to increase mentoring, 

our Nation has a serious ‘‘mentoring gap’’ with nearly 

15,000,000 young people currently in need of mentors; 

Whereas public-private mentoring partnerships bring State 

and local leaders together to support mentoring programs 

by preventing duplication of efforts, offering training in 

industry best practices, and helping them make the most 

of limited resources to benefit the Nation’s youth; 

Whereas the designation of January 2009 as National Mentoring Month will help call attention to the critical role 

mentors play in helping young people realize their potential; 

Whereas the 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 

our Nation; 


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Whereas National Mentoring Month will, most significantly, 

build awareness of mentoring and encourage more people 

to become mentors and help close the Nation’s mentoring 

gap; and 

Whereas the President issued a proclamation declaring January 2009 to be National Mentoring Month and calling on 

the people of the United States to recognize the importance of mentoring: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the goals and ideals of a National 

3 Mentoring Month; 

4 (2) recognizes with gratitude the contributions 

5 of millions of caring adults and students who are al6 ready volunteering as mentors and encourages more 

7 individuals to volunteer as mentors; and 

8 (3) encourages the people of our Nation to pro9 mote the awareness of, and to volunteer involvement 

10 with, youth mentoring. 

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