Mentor Kansas Partnership Program Banner with Mentor and Mentee sitting smiling at each other.

 

The Mentor Kansas Partnership Program is a no-cost opportunity available to all mentoring programs in Kansas. It provides incentives to programs as they move up the partnership levels. Each partnership level requires a higher commitment to safety standards and the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring.

Here is an overview of the Mentor Kansas Partnership Program process:

  • All youth mentoring programs in Kansas are invited to complete the Partnership Program application.
  • Mentor Kansas staff will review the application against the rubric and will assign a partnership level to the mentoring program.
  • There are three partnership levels: bronze, silver, and gold 
  • Programs that want to move to a higher partnership level can request support from Mentor Kansas

Beginning in September 2023, mentoring programs in Kansas MUST participate in the Partnership Program in order to be listed in the Mentor Kansas Program Directory OR apply for the Mentor Kansas funding opportunities.

Learn more about the Mentor Kansas Partnership Program here.

Access the Mentor Kansas Partnership Program application here.

Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring Checklist 5th Edition | 2025

 

Bronze Star Partner Badge
  • Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters serving Riley County
  • Prime Fit Youth Foundation
  • Mayflower Clinic
  • Rise Up Youth, Inc.
  • TeamMates Mentoring
  • West Plains 4-H Youth Development
  • USD 255 Kiowa (South Barber Elementary School)
  • USD 417 Council Grove (Council Grove High School) "Community Mentoring Program"
  • USD 469 Lansing "Lion Leaders"
  • USD 500 Kansas City KS (F.L. Schlagle High School)
Silver Star Partner Badge
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Salina
  • Bourbon County CASA
  • Butler County Department on Aging
  • CASA of Cowley County, Inc.
  • CASA of Johnson/Wyandotte Counties
  • CASA of Sedgwick County
  • CASA of Shawnee County, Inc.
  • CASA of the 31st Judicial District, Inc.
  • CASA of the 4th Judicial District
  • CASA of the 8th Judicial District
  • CASA of the Flint Hills
  • CASA of the High Plains, Inc.
  • CASA: A Voice for Children, Inc.
  • CASA-Children Worth Saving, Inc.
  • Catholic Charities Wichita Foster Grandparent Program
  • Central Kansas CASA, Inc.
  • Douglas County CASA, Inc
  • First Judicial District CASA Association
  • Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters
  • Kansas CASA Association, Inc.
  • North Central Kansas CASA, Inc.
  • Ottawa & Saline County CASA Program
  • Paola Association for Church Action, Inc.
  • SparkWheel
  • Spirit of the Plains CASA
  • Sunflower Children's Collective
  • SupportED
  • Tri-County CASA, Inc
  • United Way of Franklin County
  • USD 361 Chaparral "Runner Buddies"
  • USD 491 Eudora (Eudora Middle School) "Cardinal LinkUp Program"
  • Youth Core Ministries
  • Youth Horizons
Gold Star Partner Badge
  • Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas
  • Rise Up Reno Prevention Network
  • USD 458 Basehor-Linwood "Mentors & CareCats"

 

 

 

Contact Us:

900 SW Jackson St Ste 653

Topeka, KS 66612-1212

Phone: (785) 368-7436

Email:  volunteer@ksde.gov

The Kansas State Department of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies: KSDE General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, KSDE, Landon State Office Building, 900 S.W. Jackson, Suite 102, Topeka, KS 66612, (785) 296-3201.


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