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At-risk young adults with a mentor are 29 % more likely to hold a leadership position in a club, sports team, school council, or another group
Source: Source: The Mentoring EffectYoung People’s Perspectives on the Outcomes and Availability of Mentoring
Less than 3% of foster youth graduate from college, and Only about 50% of foster youth graduate from high school, compared to 84% of their peers. &
Sources: Casey Family Program and Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals
76 percent% of at-risk young adults who had a mentor aspire to enroll in and graduate from college
Source: The Mentoring EffectYoung People’s Perspectives on the Outcomes and Availability of Mentoring
over 70% of people credit mentoring as crucial to their career success.
Source:Deloitte Development " The Millennial Survey 2016 "
