IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 462 
Recognizing January as ‘‘National Mentoring Month’’ and encouraging more 
people in the United States to mentor young people in their communities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2014 
Ms. WILSON of Florida (for herself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. HOLT, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 
Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. POLIS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. ANDREWS, Ms. 
JACKSON LEE, Ms. BASS, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CARSON of 
Indiana, and Ms. CASTOR of Florida) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing January as ‘‘National Mentoring Month’’ and 
encouraging more people in the United States to mentor 
young people in their communities. 
Whereas in 2002, the Harvard School of Public Health and 
MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership created 
‘‘National Mentoring Month’’; 
Whereas the goals of National Mentoring Month are to raise 
awareness of mentoring, recruit individuals to mentor, 
and encourage organizations to engage and integrate 
mentoring into their efforts; 
Whereas a mentor is a caring, consistent presence who de-
votes time to a young person to help that young person 
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discover personal strength and achieve their potential 
through a structured and trusting relationship; 
Whereas quality mentoring encourages positive choices, pro-
motes self-esteem, supports academic achievement, and 
introduces young people to new ideas; 
Whereas mentoring programs have shown to be effective in 
combating school violence, discipline problems, substance 
abuse, incarceration, and truancy; 
Whereas research shows that youth who participate in men-
toring relationships experience a multitude of positive 
benefits including being more engaged in school, finishing 
high school, and continuing on to college; 
Whereas youth are 5 times more likely to graduate if they 
have a meaningful relationship with an adult; 
Whereas research shows that young people who are matched 
with a caring adult through a quality mentoring program 
are 46 percent less likely to use illegal drugs, 27 percent 
less likely to start drinking, 52 percent less likely to skip 
school, and 37 percent less likely to skip class, and are 
more trusting of their parents or guardians; 
Whereas youth development experts agree that mentoring is 
critical to the social, emotional, and cognitive develop-
ment of youth, helping them navigate the path to adult-
hood more successfully; 
Whereas mentors help young people set career goals and use 
their personal contacts to help young people meet indus-
try professionals and find jobs; 
Whereas mentoring is a proven cost-effective investment, for 
every $1 invested in mentoring, there is a $3 return to 
society; 
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Whereas despite these benefits, there is a ‘‘mentoring gap’’, 
a gap between the availability of mentoring programs and 
the number of young people in need of a mentor; and 
Whereas according to new research released this month, 1 in 
3 young adults say they did not have an adult mentor in 
their lives while they were growing up: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes ‘‘National Mentoring Month’’; 
(2) recognizes the men and women who serve as 
staff and volunteers at quality mentoring programs 
and help our young people find inner strength and 
reach their full potential; 
(3) acknowledges that mentoring is beneficial 
because it encourages educational achievement, re-
duces juvenile delinquency, and improves life out-
comes; 
(4) promotes the creation and expansion of 
quality mentoring programs across the United 
States to equip young people with the tools needed 
to lead healthy and productive lives; and 
(5) supports initiatives to close the ‘‘mentoring 
gap’’. 
Æ 
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