All mentoring programs must include and demonstrate compliance with:

• The primary purpose of the program must be child abuse and  neglect prevention.
• Conduct individual meetings with mentor and mentee (child or adolescent up to age 19).
• Provision of the required data for the Evaluation Team state-level program evaluation.
• Conduct group meetings with other mentees.
• Use a set curriculum that is evidence/research-based and  age-appropriate with measureable outcomes.
• Mentor must have a minimum of four contacts per month with mentee and contacts must be at least one hour in duration.

Types of mentoring programs include, but are not limited to:

• Programs that include male and/or female mentoring
• Programs that improve family access to formal and informal resources and opportunities for community assistance
• Programs that include mentoring new or expecting teen mothers