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Project Name |
Northeast Washington State Rural Mentoring Partnership |
Contact Info |
Fabian Napolsky , Project Coordinator,ESD 101, 789-3535, fnapolsky@esd101.net |
Recruitment Focus |
4th-8th grade mentees, and adult volunteers and high school student volunteer mentors |
Project Status |
LEA |
Type of Mentoring (e.g. school, community, group, etc) |
School-based mentoring. One to one mentor:mentee match ratio |
Target Population |
4th-8th grade mentees; adult volunteer mentors and high school student volunteer mentors in grades 9-12 |
Project Partners |
Funded by the Federal Department of Education. The school district partners include Cheney, Deer Park, Inchelium, Kettle Falls, Loon Lake, Newport, Northport, Republic, Selkirk, Valley, Columbia and Curlew |
Start and End Date |
September 2004 - August 2007 Goal is to sustain the project in each individual school districts. |
Grants Previously Received |
Spokane Mentoring children of Promise, funded by the Department of Corrections; Readiness to Learn, funded by the Washington state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI); Reducing Youth Gun Violence, funded by OJJDP; Safe Schools/Healthy Students, funded by the Department of Education; McKinney-Vento Homeless Children Project, funded by OSPI. |
What are Your Greatest Needs |
1. Volunteer Mentors...especially male mentors
2.Idetifying the children and getting their caregivers permission for these children to receive a mentor. |
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