1. Recruiting Youth to Your Mentoring Program

2. Recruiting is to actively seek out young people to participate in your program

3. Potential participants may have
Need for role models
Family problems
Need for job skills
Problems in school
Disabilities

4. Where should you recruit?
Schools
State agencies
Churches
Neighborhood
Parents
Teachers
Coaches
Family physicians
Clubs

5. How should you recruit youth?
Establish criteria for participation.
Encourage referrals.
Make youths want to participate.
Advertise your program.

6. Choose appropriate strategies
Brainstorm strategies
Decide on time & resources
Create different strategies, messages and mediums
Choose specific strategies
Design messages
Pick communication
Pretest ideas and messages

7. Implement and evaluate
Establish a tracking system.
Continuously modify your work based on results.
Celebrate your accomplishments.
Implement and evaluate