Full Title: Number of disadvantaged youth/mentor matches that were sustained by the AmeriCorps program for at least the required time period.
Note: This measure is only for year 1 of the pilot. ED4A is the measure for subsequent years.
Definition of Key Terms
Mentors are adults who provide support to children or youth through either community based programs or school based programs: In school based programs, mentors provide support to children for at least one hour/once a week over nine months.
In community based programs, mentors provide support to children for an average of four hours a month over a twelve month period.
Mentoring relationships are ideally one mentor per child, but could be small group with a ratio of no more than 1:3.
Disadvantaged youth: “includes those youth who are economically disadvantaged and 1 or more of the following: (A) Who are out-of-school youth, including out-of-school youth who are unemployed. (B) Who are in or aging out of foster care. (C) Who have limited English proficiency. (D) Who are homeless or who have run away from home. (E) Who are at-risk to leave secondary school without a diploma. (F) Who are former juvenile offenders or at risk of delinquency. (G) Who are individuals with disabilities.” SAA
Economic Disadvantage: eligible for free (at or below 130% of poverty) or reduced (between 130% to 185% of poverty) lunch; may or may not actually be accessing free/reduced lunch. See: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/ChildNutrition/lunch.htm
How to Calculate Measure/Collect Data
Programs will count the number of qualifying mentor-mentee matches that are sustained over the course of the program year. If the program model allows for “small group” mentoring instead of one-on-one matches, all participating mentees in the group should be counted.