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Mentoring

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Topics

OAR History Program Design Matching Factors Mentees Mentors Mentor Training and Support Program Outcomes/Impact Lessons Learned

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OAR History

• Pre and post incarceration services for 40+ years
• Second Chance Act Funding (2009)
• Mentoring for over 20 years
• Restorative Justice Organization
• Fairfax County Adult Detention Center (community partner)

Program Design

• Ideally a prospective Mentee would express interest 120 days

prior to release

• 30 days to screen and pair mentee (interview mentee and mentor to

determine motivation for participation)

• 90 days to establish Mentor/Mentee relationship
• Potential Mentees with less than one month are not paired
• Pending Charges: program designed for transitioning back to the

into the community

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Program Design

• Mentor and Mentee meet 3 to 4 times a month
• Community meetings held in public places
• Post-release meetings held in public places
• Incentives for mentees
• Mileage reimbursement provided to volunteers
• Pro-social activities

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Matching Factors

• Age
• Personality/Approach
• Religious Beliefs
• Hobbies/Interests
• Geographic Location

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Mentees

• Voluntary Program
• Recruitment begins at OAR’s After Release Planning Class (90

days prior to discharge)

• Charges will vary
• Plan on residing in OAR’s service area
• Can not have any pending charges
• Two to four months remaining on sentence

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Mentees

8 Gift Card Amount Incentive Payment Schedule $25 Visit OAR within 72 hours of release $25 1st meeting in Community $25 5th meeting in Community $50 10th meeting in Community $50 15th meeting in Community $75 20th meeting in Community $100 25th meeting in Community $150 30th meeting in Community

Mentors

• Qualifications
• >25 years old
• Ability to maintain a non-judgmental attitude towards clients
• Strong communication skills
• Respectful of individual, cultural, social and religious differences
• Ability to set and enforce appropriate boundaries
• Incurred no charges, arrests, convictions, incarceration, or probation within

the past 4 years and have no substance abuse problems within the past 5 years

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Mentors

• Responsibilities
• Offer guidance, moral support and reflective listening
• Help Mentee plan for successful reintegration into the community
• Provide a supportive relationship
• Assist the Mentee to foster positive community ties
• Model positive pro-social beliefs, attitudes, ideas and behaviors
• Communicate with OAR regarding Mentee’s successes and challenges
• Documentation –enter progress notes into database (30 minutes of

reporting/documentation per month)

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Mentoring Training and Support

• Regular support and follow-up from OAR staff
• Initial and ongoing training opportunities
• Extensive mentoring program manual
• Training by the Fairfax County Sheriff’s office
• Mentor Roundtable

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2009-2013 Program Outcomes/Impact

• 115 Enrolled in the program
• 95 Mentees (pre release participants)
• 59 Received post release services and %50 completed the post

release component

• 87 Were scored using the OAR’s mentoring matrix and continued

the program in the community

• 4 Mentoring clients did not improve their matrix score
• 9 Maintained the same score
• 6 Technical violation, arrest convictions, revocation, incarcerated

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Lessoned Learned

• Pairings made 30 days or less before release from incarceration

usually fall apart in the community

• When a Mentee is released from incarceration, a plan should be

developed to structure the first two weeks of the Mentee’s release

• The Mentor must accept their mentee for who they are
• Peer Mentor training can allow you to leverage the experience and

education of Mentors

• Striking a balance between giving the mentor a defined role and

the ability to use some individuality

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Thank You

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