Mentoring

The Bronx-Osborne Gun Avoidance and Prevention Project in New York City is reducing gun violence by giving young people facing first-time charges for loaded-gun possession a second chance with expert mentoring and job-based skills.

On behalf of BJA, the Institute for Intergovernmental Research has released the COSSAP Evidence-based Treatment in Custody Jail-based Mentor Site Program application.

On behalf of BJA, the Institute for Intergovernmental Research has released the COSSAP Overdose Fatality Review Mentor Site Selection application.

 

With support from BJA, the National Reentry Resource Center has released Mentoring as a Component of Reentry: Practical Considerations from the Field. This resource offers five broad, field-based considerations for incorporating mentoring into reentry programming for an adult population.

 

The BJA-supported Coconino Online Probation Education (COPE) program supports clients living in outlying areas of Coconino County, Arizona. COPE includes a virtual mentoring initiative, providing clients with a support system they may otherwise be lacking.

Probation officers work to help people break free from a cycle of crime by matching the right supervision and service to the right person at the right time. But breaking...