APRIL and the IL-NET are working to increase the pool of mentors to be more diverse and to find those CILS and SILCs doing good work. Mentors must have at least two years of experience in their mentoring area. Those who apply or are nominated do not have to commit to anything right now. The Director of Training and Technical Assistance will follow up to discuss mentoring and to find out more about your area of interest. If you or someone you know would make a great mentor, we invite you to apply or nominate a mentor!
CIL to CIL Mentoring Executive Director of a CIL to another Executive Director of a CIL. We will also consider "specialists", such as Youth Coordinators, Program Managers, etc.
SILC to SILC Mentoring SILC staff to SILC staff or board to board.
Depending on goals mutually set by the mentor and mentee:
Mentors will make a two day, onsite visit to a CIL or SILC to work with the Executive Director, staff and/or board or council. Or mentors may instead host their mentee on site for two days to see how they run their programs. Or mentors will provide online/webtraining
Mentors provide followup via phone and email.
Mentors report the final goals and progress to APRIL for evaluation and quality assurance purposes.
The activities in APRIL’s Peer Mentoring program are at no cost to the mentor or entee, and entors receive a stipend for their time. Reasonable accommodationwill be provided.
The IL-NET is supported by grant numbers 90ILTA0001 and 90ISTA0001 from the U.S.Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship areencouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions donot, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration for Community Living policy.