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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 743 Commending the Virginia Mentoring Partnership.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 17, 2013 Agreed to by the Senate, January 24, 2013

 

WHEREAS, the Virginia Mentoring Partnership, an organization dedicated to providing training and technical assistance to mentors and mentoring programs, will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2013; and

WHEREAS, founded in 1993, the Virginia Mentoring Partnership (VMP) ensures a high quality of mentoring programs by supplying training and support to other organizations; and

WHEREAS, the VMP encourages organizations to reach out to a variety of youth, including those in single-parent households, born to teen parents, living in poverty, in first-generation immigrant families, or who will not finish high school on time; and

WHEREAS, studies show that quality mentoring programs, similar to those encouraged by the VMP, can increase children’s self-esteem, school attendance, and graduation rates and reduce juvenile crime; and

WHEREAS, since its inception, the VMP has prepared over 30,000 volunteers and 800 organizations to better serve their communities; and

WHEREAS, through the AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America Program, the VMP seeks to build an accessible infrastructure for mentors and mentor groups; and

WHEREAS, using nationally recognized standards and best practices, the VMP evaluates the program practices of mentors and mentoring organizations; and

WHEREAS, in January, National Mentoring Month in Virginia, the VMP will increase efforts to recruit new volunteer mentors; and

WHEREAS, on March 14, 2013, the VMP will commemorate its 20th anniversary at the Science Museum of Virginia with its annual award ceremony and mentoring summit; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the Virginia Mentoring Partnership on the occasion of its 20th anniversary; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Virginia Mentoring Partnership as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for the organization’s extensive and effective support for youth mentoring efforts.