While all children and youth can benefit from additional support, youth who grow up in severely distressed communities are more likely to be at risk of school failure, unemployment, criminal behavior, and persistent poverty. The Corporation plans to provide caring adults as mentors for youth from disadvantaged circumstances and to provide more opportunities for all of America’s youth to serve their communities.

National Targets for 2010

• Provide mentoring services to 3 million additional children and youth from disadvantaged circumstances, up from 2.5 million in 2002
• Engage over 3 million children and youth from disadvantaged circumstances in service

Corporation Target for 2010

• Engage over 2.2 million children and youth from disadvantaged circumstances in national service.

• Download the full Strategic Plan for 2006-2010 (4.76 MB PDF)
• Download Focus Area Two: Ensuring a Brighter Future for All of America’s Youth (1.53 MB PDF)  
• Download the Strategic Plan for 2006-2010 brochure (928 KB PDF)
• Report: Volunteers Mentoring Youth: Implications for Closing the Mentoring Gap