Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention  ·  Jeff Slowikowski, Acting Administrator

As a highlight of National Mentoring Month, on January 21, "Thank Your Mentor Day," Americans were asked to honor those who have had a significant effect on their lives by thanking their mentors, passing on the virtue of mentoring by becoming a mentor to a local young person, and writing a tribute to their mentor. To read moving tributes written by celebrities and other individuals across the country, visit the Web site of the Harvard Mentoring Project, one of
National Mentoring
Month's lead
organizers.

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The Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention approved a 2010 workplan and identified priority issues for interagency collaboration at its quarterly meeting on January 25, 2010. The four issues the Council plans to focus on are education and at-risk youth, tribal youth and juvenile justice, juvenile reentry, and racial and/or ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system and related systems. Attorney General Eric Holder, who chaired the meeting, spoke about the importance of the Council's work.

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