Community collaboration is a key feature of JUMP projects. Training and supervision are key JUMP project components. Approximately 50 percent are girls. African-American juveniles make up the majority of those enrolled across all JUMP projects, with white and Hispanic juveniles making up most of the balance. JUMP projects address multiple risk factors.
Mentors represent a wide range of demographic characteristics.
Several projects report efforts to increase African-American and male recruitment. About 90 percent of mentors have some college experience, and more than half have college or graduate degrees. Most projects use gender as a match criterion, and many consider race and ethnicity when making the match. Juveniles and mentors view their mentoring experience as positive. Overall, they believe that mentoring helped.