The big brothers big sisters mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

Adult & Child Matching Programs , Big Brothers & Big Sisters , Children & Youth

Deliver programming through 1-to-1 adult to youth mentoring. Adult volunteers (bigs) are matched with youth (littles). Volunteers meet with their littles face-to-face for at least 4 hours per month for a minimum of 12 months. Bbbsci provides participants with continuing professional staff support through regular contacts, workshops, and coaching designed to help the youth achieve academic success, avoidance of risky behaviors, and socio-emotional competency. Our 1-to-1 mentoring program is built upon nationally recognized research and practices that honor the wide range of developmental needs of boys and girls as well as the diversity of their communities. During the 2016-2017 fiscal year bbbsci provided support to 1,165 matches, impacting the lives of over 4,600 youth, volunteers and family members. college scholarships: 22 college scholarships awarded to little brother and little sister alumni. 1 scholarship awarded to current little to attend writing workshop.