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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1165 
To develop capacity and infrastructure for mentoring programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2009 
Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM, Mr. HINCHEY, and Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
Labor 
A BILL 
To develop capacity and infrastructure for mentoring 
programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mentoring for All Act 
of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to support youth men-
toring through the creation of a $50,000,000 competitive 
fund to serve more of the at-risk youth of the United 
States. Such monies would build and strengthen men-
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toring infrastructure and provide subgrants to increase 
the availability of mentoring in the United States. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS TO DEVELOP CAPACITY AND INFRASTRUC-
TURE FOR MENTORING PROGRAMS. 
Title I of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subtitles F through I as 
subtitles G through J, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subtitle E the following: 
‘‘Subtitle F—Grants to Develop Ca-
pacity and Infrastructure for 
Mentoring Programs 
‘‘SEC. 167. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subtitle: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a mentoring program; 
‘‘(B) a nonprofit organization (such as an 
after-school center or church), a school, or local 
governmental agency, that desires to add a 
mentoring component to the work of the organi-
zation, school, or agency; or 
‘‘(C) a local collaborative. 
‘‘(2) LOCAL COLLABORATIVE.—The term ‘local 
collaborative’ means a collaborative that— 
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‘‘(A) shall include— 
‘‘(i) not less than 2 youth mentoring 
organizations experienced in providing 
quality mentoring services; and 
‘‘(ii) not less than 1 entity that can 
provide volunteers (such as a corporation, 
institution of higher education, or service 
organization); and 
‘‘(B) may include 1 or more entities de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(3) LOCAL
MENTORING
PARTNERSHIP.—The 
term ‘local mentoring partnership’ means a non-
partisan, collaborative, public-private sector effort 
that— 
‘‘(A) works to grow and strengthen direct- 
service mentoring programs in all forms and 
settings to— 
‘‘(i) increase the number of at-risk 
youth in the local service area receiving 
mentoring from screened and trained adult 
mentors; 
‘‘(ii) increase the resources in the 
local service area dedicated to mentoring; 
‘‘(iii) promote quality standards for 
mentoring programs; and 
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‘‘(iv) expand mentoring opportunities 
tailored to the needs and circumstances of 
youth; 
‘‘(B) implements a service area mentoring 
plan that— 
‘‘(i) raises public awareness about 
mentoring via a media campaign through-
out the local service area; 
‘‘(ii) increases recruitment and refer-
ral of mentors; 
‘‘(iii) develops new mentoring re-
sources; 
‘‘(iv) provides affordable and acces-
sible mentoring training and technical as-
sistance; and 
‘‘(v) collects and tracks mentoring 
data; 
‘‘(C) is not a mentoring program; and 
‘‘(D) does not provide direct mentoring 
services to youth. 
‘‘(4) 
MENTORING.—The 
term 
‘mentoring’ 
means a structured and trusting relationship— 
‘‘(A) that brings youth together with car-
ing individuals who serve as mentors and offer 
guidance, support, and encouragement aimed at 
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