LOCAL STORIES - NATIONAL IMPACT
“I had no idea what I was getting myself into,” Sky said. “I missed seeing the deadline on the information in the link, and when I finally saw it, I had three days to come up with something. I finally got everything submitted at 11:59, just before the deadline.”
Read the rest of the story about how Little Sky Rodriguez created a mural for us in Downtown Fort Wayne.
LOCAL STORIES - NATIONAL IMPACT
“I had no idea what I was getting myself into,” Sky said. “I missed seeing the deadline on the information in the link, and when I finally saw it, I had three days to come up with something. I finally got everything submitted at 11:59, just before the deadline.”
Read the rest of the story about how Little Sky Rodriguez created a mural for us in Downtown Fort Wayne.
LOCALLY ACTIVE
There are over 300 BBBS Agencies across the country but our local agency serves 12 counties in Northeast Indiana and Southern Michigan.
1,144
YOUTH SERVED 2020
626
CHILDREN WAITING 2021
LOCALLY ACTIVE
There are over 300 BBBS Agencies across the country but our local agency serves 12 counties in Northeast Indiana and Southern Michigan.
1,144
YOUTH SERVED 2020
626
CHILDREN WAITING 2021
SERVING YOUTH WITH THE GREATEST NEED AND LEAST OPPORTUNITY
21% INCARCERATED PARENT
47% MINORITY CHILDREN
67% SINGLE-PARENT HOME
77% FAMILY INCOME LESS THAN $30K
25% FAMILY INCOME LESS THAN $10K
12% IN TRANSITIONAL LIVING
...have improved academic performance
...have improved family relationships
...have higher educational expectations
...are less likely to participate in risky behaviors
CONFIRMED BY A NATIONAL STUDY
To understand the impact of mentoring, specifically that through Big Brothers Big Sisters programs, Public/Private Ventures conducted a national study on hundreds of our matches. The results? After only 18 months matched with a Big, youth showed positive improvements behaviorally, academically, relationally, and emotionally. To read more about this groundbreaking study, visit the national site here.
COMMITMENT TO ACCOUNTABILITY
We believe that we must hold ourselves accountable to the youth, volunteers, and families in our programs as well as the donors, partners, and advocates who fund our work. That is why we continually learn and continually improve through research and analysis. We take great care to track our work and we never stop pushing to ensure excellence in all we do – from programs to events, Matches to marketing.
CONFIRMED BY A NATIONAL STUDY
To understand the impact of mentoring, specifically that through Big Brothers Big Sisters programs, Public/Private Ventures conducted a national study on hundreds of our matches. The results? After only 18 months matched with a Big, youth showed positive improvements behaviorally, academically, relationally, and emotionally. To read more about this groundbreaking study, visit the national site here.
COMMITMENT TO ACCOUNTABILITY
We believe that we must hold ourselves accountable to the youth, volunteers, and families in our programs as well as the donors, partners, and advocates who fund our work. That is why we continually learn and continually improve through research and analysis. We take great care to track our work and we never stop pushing to ensure excellence in all we do – from programs to events, Matches to marketing.