Agenda - 01-21-20 4-a - National Mentoring Month Proclamation

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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 21, 2020 Action Agenda Item No. 4-a SUBJECT: National Mentoring Month Proclamation DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Proclamation Commissioner Renee Price, 245-2310 PURPOSE: To consider a proclamation designating January 2020 as National Mentoring Month in Orange County. BACKGROUND: National Mentoring Month is a campaign held each January to promote youth mentoring in the United States. It was inaugurated in 2002, and has been spearheaded by the Harvard School of Public Health and MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership. National Mentoring Month focuses national attention on the need for mentors, as well as how individuals, businesses, government agencies, schools, faith communities and nonprofits can work together to increase the number of mentors to help ensure positive outcomes for young people. The campaign celebrates mentoring and the positive effect it can have on young lives, with goals to: Raise awareness of mentoring in its various forms; Recruit individuals to mentor, especially in programs that have waiting lists of young people; and Promote the rapid growth of mentoring by recruiting organizations to engage their constituents in mentoring. Mentoring is a critical component in young people's lives, helping them make the decisions and connections that lead to opportunity. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with consideration of the proclamation. SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated with consideration of the proclamation. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal impact associated with this item. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation.