North Dakota State University, sponsor of six regional RSVP programs in the state, has formed an innovative partnership with the North Dakota Cooperative Extension Service agents to train RSVP volunteers to mentor children of incarcerated adults. The partners developed customized mentor-training materials that can be incorporated into the existing youth-development curricula used by extension service agents statewide. The partnership is as an effective model of a practical approach for national service programs seeking to provide uniform, consistent mentor training across large, statewide or multi-site service areas. Erich Stiefvater of LEARNS, submitted this effective practice in April 2006.

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