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Research shows that prospective college students and their families have difficulty finding information about college, particularly the availability of financial aid and grants. To address this challenge, Lumina Foundation has awarded more than $1.1 million in planning grants aimed at helping develop the “next generation” of college-access supports and services. These “NextGen” grants are designed to leverage the power of digital technology to promote new and innovative ways to support students on their pathway to college.

One of New York City’s largest mentoring programs is calling upon male Bronxites to provide a helping hand. Since 1999, iMentor has matched adult mentors with young high school students from underserved communities in the five boroughs. These students are enrolled in multi-year programs with one-on-one matches who have graduated college and are assisted with their education to lead them to higher education.

Maria Fernandez, 45, a mother of three, struggles financially to support her family while pursuing a college degree. “It becomes very frustrating when you can’t make ends meet for your kids,” Fernandez said. Fortunate for her and other struggling students, Miami Dade College has partnered with an organization called iMentor to form a Single Stop mentoring program.

iMentor, a top youth mentoring organization that works with high-school aged kids in our area, is making a big push this summer to recruit 1,000 mentors by this September to work with students from underserved communities.

iMentor, a leading youth mentoring program in New York City, is actively recruiting 1,000 professionals to become mentors by September 1.

CAMBRIDGE, MA - New Profit Inc. announced today that is was one of 11 philanthropic organizations selected by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to serve as an intermediary for the newly established Social Innovation Fund (SIF).

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New York – The latest technologies have overrun our society and given us indispensable tools. This is how iMentor saw it, when they decided to apply advanced technologies to mentoring.

Both George W. Bush and Barack Obama have endorsed designating January as "National Mentoring Month," and one city organization has mobilized 1,000 New Yorkers to do their part. NY1's Rebecca Spitz filed the following report.