National Mentoring Month, 2025

Proclamation 10878 of December 31, 2024

National Mentoring Month, 2025

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Leading by the power of their example, mentors
represent the very best of America's spirit of
community and care for one another. During National
Mentoring Month, we honor all the Americans who give
their time and their hearts to mentor our Nation's
young people.

My Administration has been committed to giving youths
the resources they need to thrive, including by
ensuring students feel supported and have opportunities
to connect to meaningful mentors. My American Rescue
Plan secured a record $130 billion for K-12 schools,
putting more teachers, counselors, social workers, and
staff in our schools, who are so often our young
people's first mentors. And that law gave AmeriCorps
funding to support new mentors and volunteers who can
serve our communities. Moreover, my Administration
created the National Partnership for Student Success,
which recruited more than 300,000 tutors and mentors to
help young people reach their full potential, as well
as student success coaches and postsecondary transition
coaches. We also called on colleges and universities to
use at least 15 percent of their Federal work study
funds to assist their students in serving as mentors
and other critical volunteer roles that support our
Nation's children and youth.

At the same time, my Administration recognizes the
value of mentorship in the workplace, and Registered
Apprenticeships not only help provide it, they also
produce some of the best workers in the world. That is
why I am proud to have worked with labor unions and
made historic investments in pre-apprenticeship and
Registered Apprenticeship programs that provide the
training and skills necessary to get a good job and
launch a fulfilling career. My Administration also
launched the American Climate Corps to put over 20,000
Americans to work in fast-growing green sectors like
clean energy and conservation.

I have often said that we are a great Nation because we
are a good people. During National Mentoring Month, we
honor all the good people across our Nation, who are
helping young people find direction, grow, and tap into
our Nation's unlimited possibilities. As so many
mentors know, being a mentor can be a transformative
and enriching life experience. I encourage every
American--whether you are a college student, community
leader, or person hoping to make a difference--to
explore opportunities to mentor or tutor by visiting
americorps.gov/serve and partnershipstudentsuccess.org.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 2025
as National Mentoring Month. I call upon Americans
across the country to observe this month with
mentoring, appropriate ceremonies, activities, and
programs.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
ninth.