The Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) mission is: To gather and organize all that is known about successful non-school tutor/mentor programs and share that knowledge to expand the availability and enhance the effectiveness of these services to children in inner city Chicago and other poverty areas.
This mission is accomplished through a four-part strategy. 1) It aims to increase knowledge about what works, where programs are located and where more are needed. 2) It aggressively shares this knowledge in a marketing and public awareness campaign aimed at 3) creating a greater involvement of all adults, and a greater flow of essential resources to individual programs; and a 4) better understanding among all stakeholders of the long-term, integrated actions needed to help children and youth move from a birth in poverty to a job and a career. For each child this is a minimum 25-year commitment.