1	"ABC University’s Tutor/Mentor Connection (..." ABC University’s Tutor/Mentor Connection (ABC-UC)
2	This is a Vision of the Tutor/Mentor Connection We do not know if such an initiative exists anywhere in Chicago or the country.
3	Description of Need Young people who have the most severe unmet needs in their lives are particularly in jeopardy of participating in risk behaviors, such as dropping out of school, participating in violent behavior, or using drugs and alcohol.
4	Description of Need Young people with the most severe unmet needs often live in very poor and high-risk neighborhoods with few opportunities to get the critical experiences needed for positive development. They often experience repeated racial and ethnic discrimination.
5	Description of Need Such youth have a substantial amount of free, unsupervised time during their non-school hours. (from National Academy Press, Community programs to Promote Youth Development (2001).
6	Description of Need Increasing the education level and high school graduation rates of young men can result in a $1.4 billion savings to society. (from a Joint Center for Policy Research working paper, “The Effect of Education on Crime”, written by Lance Lochner and Enrico. See www.jcpr.org)
7	ABC University Connection Adult tutors & mentors can make a life-enriching difference in the lives of inner-city children and youth.
8	University Connection Core Values We believe in the inherent worth of all children. Children are literally our future, but disadvantaged children cannot hope to flourish personally or professionally in the future without direct personal investment from caring adults.
9	University Connection Core Values We value providing ideas, programs and people resources to help disadvantaged children reach their full personal and professional potential.
10	University Connection Core Values We value building relationships and partnerships within the extended ABC University community, including alumni, that will expand the application of university-collected “knowledge” that can lead more inner-city youth to college and to careers.
11	University Connection Core Values We value volunteerism, service-learning, and the contributions our students, faculty and alumni can offer to improve the outcomes of community-based mentoring-to-career programs.
12	University Connection Vision The ABC University Tutor/Mentor Connection will be the first or second resource that anyone in Chicagoland visits to learn about poverty and the roles volunteer tutors/mentors can take in helping children grow up safely and move through high school and college into careers.
13	ABC University Connection Mission To build awareness of the ABC University Tutor/Mentor Connection among students, faculty and alumni, as well as members of other Chicagoland colleges and universities To encourage university students, faculty and staff to embrace and evangelize the tenets of the ABC University Tutor/Mentor Connection .
14	ABC University Connection Mission To maximize the involvement of students and faculty in teaching, learning and research opportunities related to this mission To create a unifying vision that connects alumni with the university as life-long learners and partners in achieving this mission.
15	ABC University Connection Mission Lessening the social costs of poverty by helping develop and staff programs that mentor inner-city youth to careers. Building goodwill and positive public relations by making a needed investment in the local community
16	ABC University Connection Mission Nurturing a future workforce to fill the many diverse and critical staff and teaching positions within the university community To this purpose, the ABC University Tutor/Mentor Connection, the best Chicagoland resource for expertise regarding tutor/mentor programs, dedicates its efforts and resources.
17	University Connection Strategic Goals 1. Understand the opportunity for ABC University and its students, faculty and alumni to benefit from involvement in neighborhood mentoring-to-career programs — and to contribute to the growth and success of these programs
18	University Connection Strategic Goals 2. Ensure that an ABC University Tutor/Mentor Connection has adequate resources to support its strategic goals. 3. Create Public Awareness Campaign that builds student, faculty and alumni involvement in the ABC University Connection .
19	University Connection Strategic Goals 4. Create a Web site to support public awareness efforts, provide content and serve as a connecting point for members the ABC University Community 5. Build productive alliances with key partners in the Chicagoland community, such as the Tutor/Mentor Connection
20	Strategic Goal #1 Understand the opportunity for Chicagoland universities, students, faculty and alumni to benefit from neighborhood mentoring-to-career programs and to contribute to the growth and success of these programs.
21	Benefit to ABC University “It is clear that sponsoring youth mentoring is beneficial to hospitals” From The Impacts on Hospitals of Youth Mentoring Projects: An overview for Decision Makers. Prepared for The Commonwealth Fund by The Lewin Group, Inc. Research done by the ABC University T/MC will show the benefit to members of the university community.
22	Benefit to ABC University The most tangible benefit may be the creation of a pool of potential students. An equally important benefit will be the many opportunities for teaching, learning and research that this involvement creates.
23	Benefit to ABC University Reduction of the social costs of poverty may be the greatest benefit to members and alumni of the university. Other benefits include “enhanced external publicity and community recognition”.
24	Benefit to ABC University By serving as a resource and intermediary on such an important social issue, the university creates a reason for its alumni to stay involved.
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26	What ABC University Can Offer While a university can operate mentoring-to-career programs that serve a small population of youth...
27	What ABC University Can Offer The long-term goal is that all tutor/mentor programs* have university partners that help them succeed in mentoring youth to careers. *tutor/mentor program locations are black dots on this map.
28	Benefit to ABC University By mobilizing volunteers from area businesses to support neighborhood mentoring-to-career programs, a university enlists others to help recruit future students and provide teaching and learning opportunities for its students.
29	Strategic Goal #2 Ensure that the ABC University Tutor/Mentor Connection has adequate resources to support its strategic goals.
30	Ensure Adequate Resources Secure 3-5 volunteers from the university community as key leaders in developing and evangelizing student, faculty and alumni involvement in Chicagoland tutor/mentor programs.
31	Ensure Adequate Resources Build a support system and that ensures a quality experience for student interns and volunteers so that they stay involved with the tutor/mentor movement and the ABC University Connection during their alumni careers.
32	Ensure Adequate Resources Borrow from Chicago Bar Foundation history and create annual events that raise dollars for Chicago area one-on-one tutor/mentor programs that engage ABC university members as volunteers, interns and/or researchers.
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34	Strategic Goal #3 Create Public Awareness Campaign that builds student, faculty and alumni involvement in the ABC University Connection .
35	Build Public Awareness Launch seminars for students, staff, alumni and administration staff Propose 1/2 day seminars on business involvement in mentoring-to-careers Work with alumni to facilitate Provide panelist to discuss issue/solution channels discovered through the ABC University’s Tutor/Mentor Connection
36	Build Public Awareness Become active partners in helping build capacity of neighborhood tutor/mentor programs Provide speakers and curriculum for tutor/mentor conferences Develop e-learning systems that systematically share the vast knowledge that is already available
37	Build Public Awareness Create a “University-based tutor/mentor connection program in a box” Show students, alumni and faculty ways for involvement Provide step-by-step guidelines Include brief video of testimonials Develop curriculum that supports program development
38	Build Public Awareness Create learning, research and publishing opportunities that encourage involvement. Use research to create and publicize “Baldridge-like” quality awards that recognize the involvement of alumni businesses
39	Leverage existing Public Awareness Activities Add on to the Tutor/Mentor Connection on-going media campaign Newsletter Web sites May & Nov. Conferences Chicagoland Volunteer Recruitment Campaign E-mail Marketing Cabrini Connections Video and Art Festivals
40	Build Public Awareness Web activity Press Room link Profiles of participants - contact information for Tutor/Mentor Connection and individual program locations Fast facts Research/Case Studies Links to national stories/studies
41	Strategic Goal #4 Create an ABC University Tutor/Mentor Connection Web site to provide content that draws visibility to the project while connecting and supporting the efforts of all stakeholders in the tutor/mentor movement.
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43	University Connection Web site Link of various anti-poverty, youth development and education-to-career initiatives of different departments within the university
44	University Connection Web site Link to similar efforts at other colleges and universities in Chicago and around the country Link to the Tutor/Mentor Connection’s list of programs in Chicago Create the ability for students, faculty and alumni to contribute as volunteers or donors to any tutor/mentor program.
45	University Connection Web site Create a forum that connects university students with alumni who serve as mentors and possible future employers
46	University Connection Web site A forum where stakeholders can discuss research and practical application of existing knowledge And a forum where questions create new opportunities for research that fills voids in existing knowledge
47	ABC University Connection Web site Include links to research on poverty, healthcare, workforce development, education, etc. Case studies regarding students who have been mentored to careers. Resource links for how to start a tutor/mentor program, or a tutor/mentor connection, with list of references.
48	ABC University Connection Web site “One stop shopping” for other universities interested in pursuing a Tutor/Mentor Connection program. Visibly reinforce the need for involvement from the university community. Creating a mechanism that will evangelize T/MHC’s vision within the ABC University network.
49	Strategic Goal #5 Sustain a partnership with the Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) that connects ABC University’s community outreach with that of other professional and business groups in Chicago and beyond
50	Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) The ABC University T/MC shares responsibility with the Cabrini Connections Tutor/Mentor Connection for supporting the growth of quality, long-term, mentor-rich programs in every poverty neighborhood
51	Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) By partnering with T/MC, the University only bears part of the costs associated with achieving this result.
52	Tutor/Mentor Connection Secure funding that supports the actions of ABC university, Cabrini Connections and member tutor/mentor programs Secure funding for research that builds a knowledge platform upon which all education-to-career efforts grow
53	"The ABC University Tutor/Mentor Connection..." The ABC University Tutor/Mentor Connection does not yet exist. It is a vision of the Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC)
54	"The ABC University Tutor/Mentor Connection..." The ABC University Tutor/Mentor Connection can start as a student project, a research project, a departmental project, or as an alumni initiative. Where ever it starts, the T/MC seeks to help it grow to its maximum potential.
55	"If you would like to..." If you would like to be one of the 3 to 5 volunteers who makes this idea a reality, contact the Tutor/Mentor Connection www.tutormentorconnection.org 312-492-9614 c/o Cabrini Connections, 800 W. Huron, Chicago,Il. 60622
56	ABC University Connection “If this (initiative) is accepted and acted upon, it can change the way philanthropy and charities work together in America and throughout the world. It can change the future for millions of kids born into poverty each year.” --Daniel F. Bassill, President of Cabrini Connections and the Tutor/Mentor Connection
57	"ABC University’s Tutor/Mentor Connection (..." ABC University’s Tutor/Mentor Connection (ABC-UC)