{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-681.490","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 681.490","heading":"What is adult mentoring?","body":"(a) Adult mentoring for youth must:\n(1) Last at least 12 months and may take place both during the program and following exit from the program;\n(2) Be a formal relationship between a youth participant and an adult mentor that includes structured activities where the mentor offers guidance, support, and encouragement to develop the competence and character of the mentee; and\n(3) While group mentoring activities and mentoring through electronic means are allowable as part of the mentoring activities, at a minimum, the local youth program must match the youth with an individual mentor with whom the youth interacts on a face-to-face basis.\n(b) Mentoring may include workplace mentoring where the local program matches a youth participant with an employer or employee of a company.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER V—EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","PART 681—YOUTH ACTIVITIES UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT","Subpart C—Youth Program Design, Elements, and Parameters"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"3a2d28615c6eb5f1f4b652541ae510fd63fe2614a2a37c20e624cec4513696f1","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-681.480","next":"us/20-cfr-681.500"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}