• Affiliate Mentoring Program: Programs that are providing mentoring services to youth.
• Gold Star Mentoring Program: Programs that are providing mentoring services to youth and have completed the Gold Star registration process to ensure committment to quality and effective program practices.

How do I register with Kansas Mentors?
Programs are asked to complete the program registration form, which can be dowloaded below. Upon submission of the form, a representative from Kansas Mentors will contact the program to complete the registration process. Programs are asked to complete this step first before registering to be a Gold Star program. Registration as an affiliate mentoring program will provide the program with a listing on the online directory and access to free records checks.

Partner Registration Form

Gold Star Program
What is the Gold Star Program?
The Kansas Mentors Gold Star program was developed in an effort to provide a safe and effective mentoring environment for the youth of Kansas.  This program recognizes mentoring partners across the state who have committed to maintaining a basic set of standards to ensure a quality mentoring experience.  Developed by Kansas Mentors and its Council of Mentors, these standards reflect guidelines set forth in MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership’s Elements of Effective Practice™. 

Gold Star programs are the only programs eligible for state employees to utilize their mentoring time as authorized in Executive Order 08-10.  For more information, click here.

How do I register for the Gold Star Program?
Recognition as a Gold Star program communicates to the state your organization’s commitment to quality mentoring. Kansas Mentors encourages all mentoring programs to apply for recognition as a Gold Star program. Click here to view the Gold Star Registration Form and self-assessment checklist.

What resources are available to help me?
Kansas Mentors strongly endorses MENTOR’s Elements of Effective Practice™ as a resource guide for programs.  To download this free resource (including the editable toolkit) visit our resource center.

In addition, Kansas Mentors has outlined areas of the Elements that would be particularly helpful in completing the Gold Star self-assessment checklist. To view this resource, click here.