Junior Mentoring Programs
Changing the way children grow up in the Eastern Panhandle
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Community-based mentoring
To match children with positive role models who provide meaningful friendships and share fun experiences.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership - Respondent
United Way Member Agency
External reviews
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The mission of Junior Mentoring Programs is to make a positive difference in the lives of children and youth, primarily through a professionally supported one-to-one relationship with a caring adult, to assist them in achieving their highest potential as they grow to become responsible men and women by providing committed volunteers, community leadership and standards of excellence.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Junior Mentoring Programs is an advocate for children in our community. As an agency, we have a primary goal to provide a caring and stable relationship for a child who lacks the supportive participation of two parents through a process described as 'mentoring.' The mentor shall be a one-on-one role model to the child that should enhance the child's awareness of life skills, experiences and challenges that will support the child in his/her growth into adulthood.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
From our beginning in 1974, we've transformed into what we are today. The area's leading youth mentoring organization. We provide at-risk youth with positive adult role models who have been professionally screened. Our professional staff monitors the matches for child safety issues from day one, as well as to determine how the child is doing academically, physically, and emotionally. Our goal is to see our children thrive. We can see this in the reports given by the children, the parents and the mentors.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Currently 73% of the children in our program have a Grade Point Average of 3.0 or higher. Our children with mentors are doing better in school. Our children with mentors have a school attendance rate of 99%. So our mentored children are in school and they're doing better academically. Sixty-eight percent of our children are involved in some sort of extracurricular activity (church, Scouts, sports, band, etc.)
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Junior Mentoring Programs
Board of directorsas of 03/13/2024
Mr. Brad Davis
VA Medical Center
Mr. Eric Stenger
MVB Mortgage
Greg Kennedy
Katie Palmer
Mary Anne Edwards
Willie Johnson
Mary Heath
Aaron Mann
Krysta Mayville
Tom Costigan
Tara Davis
Kevin Justice
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.