Alexandria Mentoring Partnership (AMP)

The Alexandria Mentoring Partnership (AMP), formed in 2006, is comprised of a variety of local mentoring programs with the shared mission of ensuring that quality mentors and mentoring programs are available for Alexandria's youth and young adults in need. With guidance and resources from the Virginia Mentoring Partnership, AMP works to maximize mentor recruitment, screening, and training, and ensure best practice programs.
Page updated on May 23, 2022 at 5:13 PM

Become a Mentor

Mentoring is proven to decrease the risk factors associated with crime, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, poor school performance and gang affiliation.

The Alexandria Mentoring Partnership is currently seeking dedicated, caring and enthusiastic adults to serve the youth of Alexandria. Our City's children need you!

No prior experience is required, and we provide extensive training on how to be an effective mentor.

Currently, one Alexandria Mentoring Partnership program, Casa Chirilagua, seeks volunteers to provide virtual mentoring. Other mentoring programs are accepting applications to start in the fall of 2021.

If you are interested in mentoring a child for at least one hour a week, submit a Mentor Interest Form, or contact the AMP Coordinator at 703.746.4455 or mentoring@alexandriava.gov

Mentor Events this Summer 2022

Are you interested in supporting a child’s literacy skills and coaching them through elementary school and beyond? Join Wright to Read on Wednesday, June 15th at 6:30 p.m. for their Volunteer Info Night by RSVP-ing here: http://evite.me/UskT5kPyx7, or email them at wrighttoread@campagnacenter.org

Wright to Read Volunteer Info session

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AMP Mission, Vision & Background

The work of the AMP ultimately supports close to 300 mentoring relationships each year by working with eleven different programs. Many entities are involved with the AMP, including local government, religious, and nonprofit organizations, as well as the Alexandria City Public Schools, foundations, businesses, local elected leadership, and individual community members.

The Benefits of Mentoring

Mentoring benefits both mentor and mentee in a variety of ways! Mentoring participants report greater social connectedness, self-esteem, improved communication skills and much more. The Alexandria Mentoring Partnership works to ensure that these benefits are available to all youth and mentors who participate in mentoring programs.

AMP Programs

The Alexandria Mentoring Partnership represents over ten different programs.

AMP Supporters

In addition to its eleven mentoring programs, the Alexandria Mentoring Partnership collaborates with local businesses, community organizations and the Alexandria Court Service Unit.

Join The Alexandria Mentoring Partnership

Our collaboration works to support member organizations in maximizing mentor recruitment, screening, and training, and to ensure quality mentoring for all of Alexandria's youth. We are always seeking opportunities to engage both established programs and newer, start-up organizations.