ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- The National Mentoring Partnership "helps children by providing a public voice, developing and delivering resources to mentoring programs nationwide and promoting quality for mentoring through standards, cutting-edge research and state of the art tools".
- America's Promise Alliance has "made a top priority of ensuring that all young people graduate from high school ready for college, work and life through our Grad Nation movement. Our work involves raising awareness, encouraging action and engaging in advocacy to provide children the key supports we call the Five Promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, A Healthy Start, An Effective Education, and Opportunities to Help Others.
- "The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Maryland Mentoring Partnership is to help children reach their fullest potential through professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships through a full range of youth mentoring programs with measurable impact.
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"Ready by 21 is an innovative set of strategies developed by national experts at the Forum for Youth Investment with decades of youth policy experience that help communities improve the odds that all children and youth will be ready for college, work and life."
- Know How 2 Go offers information for parents, guardians, mentors, teachers, and other adults about how to help teens with the many aspects of college planning and financing.
- Queen Anne's County Public Schools have a strict policy against bullying, harassment, and intimidation. Visit the No Bullying Zone for details.
- The Search Institute, a national non-profit organization committed to providing resources to help every child succeed, created the Spark concept to help young people identify their sparks and encourage the community to support these interests and talents.