National Mentoring Month, 2023

Proclamation 10511 of December 30, 2022

National Mentoring Month, 2023

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Every January, our Nation celebrates the dedicated
mentors whose wisdom, guidance, and positive examples
set our children on a sound path and help prepare them
to succeed.

The events of the past few years have taken their toll
on many of our Nation's young people. The isolation of
the COVID-19 pandemic has hampered the social and
academic progress of many students. A rising number of
adolescents are experiencing mental health challenges,
including from bullying and social media harms. That is
why, as part of my Unity Agenda I announced in my State
of the Union address, my Administration is pairing
children with mentors who can help them navigate these
complexities, open up doors of opportunity, and give
them the additional support they may need to excel in
school and in their communities.

Our American Rescue Plan provided $122 billion to help
schools reopen safely and invest in tutoring,
afterschool activities, summer learning, and enrichment
programs, helping students regain ground that was lost
in the last two years. The bill delivered a billion
dollars to AmeriCorps to expand national service
projects to include the recruitment of new mentors,
tutors, and student success coaches. Through the
Department of Labor, we are connecting young people who
have previously dropped out of high school to pre-
apprenticeship opportunities that help them prepare for
jobs in high-demand industries. And this summer, I was
proud to launch the National Partnership for Student
Success, a collaboration between the Department of
Education, AmeriCorps, and the Johns Hopkins Everyone
Graduates Center to add 250,000 tutors and mentors
around the country over the next 3 years.

During National Mentoring Month, I encourage Americans
to visit americorps.gov/serve and
partnershipstudentsuccess.org to learn about these
opportunities and consider becoming a mentor or a
tutor. I also call on local schonol districts to put
the funding offered by my American Rescue Plan toward
hiring more mentors and tutors for their students,
particularly in subjects like the sciences, technology,
engineering, and mathematics. I encourage our Nation's
colleges and universities to partner with K-12 schools
and community-based organizations to provide new
mentorship opportunities, and I urge employers and
unions to continue offering pre-apprenticeships and
Registered Apprenticeships, which train new workers to
participate in the 21st century's biggest industries.
As families and friends, teachers and counselors,
coaches and co-workers, faith and community leaders,
good citizens and neighbors, we can each play a role in
helping the next generation of Americans achieve their
dreams.

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 2023
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
thirtieth day of December, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
seventh.