EEPM Adherence and High Quality Mentor Training Increase Match Length

Mentoring programs vary greatly in their adherence to the high quality safety- and research-based benchmark practices described in the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring (EEPM; published by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership). These benchmark program practices are designed as guidelines that enable mentoring programs to better prepare and support mentors, mentees, and mentee’s parents throughout the mentoring relationship. The EEPM is composed of six Standards that are organized around the life cycle of a mentoring relationship beginning with recruitment of match members, and continuing through screening, training, matching mentors with mentees and initiating the relationship, monitoring and support, and relationship closure. Despite the fact that these guidelines were written based upon an extensive review of the scientific literature on mentoring and consultation 
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