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Our VISION: The Web Site becomes the Proposal If you value what you see on this web site, decide how much you want to send us to help us do this work from year to year. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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............................................... Read the Cabrini Connections and Tutor/Mentor Connection 2006-2007 Annual Report and Meet our Leaders 10th
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General Operations Grant Application Request from Tutor/Mentor Connection & CABRINI CONNECTIONS HISTORY and MISSION While “mentoring” and "tutoring" receive much public attention, with the President of the United States serving as a cheerleader, it is really poorly understood as a form of civic engagement, workforce development, violence reduction, and education reform. The outcomes of a comprehensive tutor/mentor strategy can improve the quality of life for every citizen and serve as a “pipeline” for inner-city youth to move from poverty through school and into careers. The Tutor/Mentor Connection (also known as Cabrini Connections) is a small organization with a big vision. We lead an innovative strategy that works on three levels: • we mentor youth and volunteers at a Chicago program that serves Cabrini-Green area teens • we mentor hundreds of organizations in Chicago and around the country that provide tutoring/mentoring services to thousands of inner-city and at-risk youth • we mentor business, philanthropy, media, and other institutions that must be more strategically involved if our mentoring programs are to succeed in helping youth escape futures in poverty The mission of the Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) is to provide an organized framework that empowers and encourages volunteers to give their time, skills, and support in seeking life-changing solutions for children who live in an educationally, disadvantaged environment. This is accomplished through a direct-service Cabrini Connections Tutor/Mentor Program, and through the Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC), which seeks to gather and organize all that is known about successful after-school tutor/mentor programs and share that knowledge to expand the availability and enhance the effectiveness of these services to children throughout the Chicago region. The T/MC views the Internet and its web sites as one large proposal. Any potential volunteer and/or donor can visit our web sites and decide if he/she wants to provide funds or talent to help with our work. While that's the vision, we still rely on the old fashion practice of identifying possible donors, viewing guidelines, and writing proposals that request funds. Each proposal is different based on the guidelines of the donor. All proposals have the same goal, however, which is to find funds to sustain the constant improvement in the impact of the work we do. The work of raising kids and the work of building a network of tutor/mentor programs does not change much from year to year. The kids get a little older, and require different types of support, but always need a safe place, caring adults, a variety of learning and experience activities, and people to help them establish aspirations and a plan to achieve goals. The number of neighborhoods needing tutor/mentor programs does not change, and the programs in these neighborhoods each have common needs for volunteers, visibility, operating dollars. Thus, the things the Tutor/Mentor Connection does each year to help programs get these resources, or to help new programs grow where t here are voids, does not dramatically change. Thus, the strategy and growth plan, and the proposals in the list below are still relevant, even if some have not been updated for a year or two. Other than the dates, dollars and number of youth and programs service, we're still a) trying to help kids to careers, and b) help good programs be available in neighborhoods where they are needed. We hope these proposals will help you understand what we do, and help you make a decision on how much and in what ways you want to help us. Strategic Plan- pdf
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Year Growth Plan for Tutor/Mentor Connection Tutor/Mentor
Connection Technology and eLearning Proposal Technology Support for Cabrini Connections, request for funding Tutor/Mentor Connection, Award Nomination Submitted To Corporation Cabrini
Connections Tutor/Mentor Program Proposal General ops letter of inquiry to past donor. General operations funding request Tutor/Mentor Connection proposal template Cabrini Connections Tutor/Mentor Connection request for funding
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