Mentoring Programs For Latino Youth

Mentoring ProgramsFor

Latino YouthTaya Arthur, Cami Cole, Lorena Jimenez, Bethanie Johnson,

Megan Snow, Whitney Tawzer and Mara Whittier Adapted by Dr. Carol Albrecht

Please note. Numbers have been changed, and this power point is ONLY to be used as an example of presenting Data.

Evaluation of Mentoring Programs for Latino Youth by Community Leaders

This study was implemented to evaluate the quantity and quality of resources available to Latino Youth in Rural Utah

Purpose

300 Telephone and Self-Administered Surveys

Data Collection

Surveys were administered to:Social Service Agency WorkersCivil/Political LeadersLaw EnforcementReligiousEducatorsMedical PersonnelBusiness Leaders

Surveys

Indicators Used to Evaluate Programs-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------ Respondents were asked to indicate if there were Enough

Programs to Adequately Meet the Educational needs of Latino Youth. Possible Responses included (1) No, (2) Yes, and (3) Don’t

Know -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Respondents were asked to evaluate t he Quality of

Current Programs. Possible answers included (1) poor, (2) Fair, (3) Good, (4) Very Good

and (50 Excellent---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Respondents were asked to indicate how concerned they were about Current Number and Quality of Programs .

○ Possible answers were (1) Not at all concerned, (2) not concerned, (3) somewhat unconcerned, (4) Somewhat concerned, (5) Concerned, and (6) Very Concerned.

Descriptive Statisticsfor Respondents

Years Employed at Current Job

Average: 6.26%Range: 0-25 years

Years Lived in Cache Valley:

Average: 15.88Range 0-59 Years

Years Employed Years in Cache Valley

02468

1012141618

Average Years

Descriptive StatisticsFor Respondents

Male Female

Female: 62.11Male: 37.89

Percent

Descriptive Statistics for respondents

Types of Leaders

Social Ser-vice

Civil Politi-calReligious

Law Enforce-ment

Education

MedicalBusiness

Programs Available? Are there programs Available for Latino Youth?

Percent

NoDon't KnowYes

40.86

50.54

8.6

Evaluate Quality of Current Programs

Results in Percents

PoorFairGoodVery GoodExcellent

Poor: 20.43%Fair: 37.63%Good: 31.18%Very good: 9.68%Excellent: 1.08%

Percents

Not at all ConcernedUnconcernedSomewhat UnconcernedSomewhat ConcernedConcernedVery Concerned

Not at all Concerned: 1.05%Unconcerned: 3.16%Somewhat Unconcerned: 10.53%Somewhat Concerned: 28.42%Concerned: 31.58%Very Concerned: 25.26%

Extent of Concerns About Current Programs

ConclusionsPrograms Available – Only half of respondents said there were programs available.

Quality of Programs - About 58% indicated the programs were poor or fair.

Concern About Programs – More than 57% indicated they were concerned or very concerned about the programs.