CATHOLIC BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INC
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Mission Statement
Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters’ mission to the Los Angeles area has been to provide low-income, at-risk youth, of all beliefs and backgrounds with strong, enduring and professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with caring adults that change the lives of these young people for the better; forever. Its vision is to create a lasting, positive impact on youth, helping them to succeed in school and in life.
About This Cause
Since 1925 Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters’ (CBBBS) mission to the Los Angeles area has been to provide low-income, at-risk youth, of all beliefs and backgrounds, with strong, enduring and professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with caring adults that change the lives of these young people for the better; forever. Currently, CBBBS provides mentors to students in more than 300 schools throughout Los Angeles County, and has a long history of working with youth facing adversity, as more than half of the agency’s mentoring matches are with youth of incarcerated parents and/or foster youth. Its evidence-based mentoring model provides: - Highly trained, professional and culturally competent staff; - A caring network of mentors, volunteers, and program “alumni;” - Twice per month one-to-one community and school-based mentoring; - Monthly staff support and monitoring of matches to ensure effective and productive mentoring relationships; and - Agency materials available in English and Spanish for all its clients and volunteers. As one of the oldest and most respected mentoring organizations in Southern California, CBBBS has a peerless record for service quality regularly exceeding national match retention rates, with an “Average Match Length” of 34.9 months (as opposed to 28.4 months nationally). CBBBS also has been afforded National and State recognition, with “Bigs of the Year” acknowledged by three U.S. Presidents and three California Governors. In addition, the agency has been designated a Blue Ribbon Social Enterprise by the Points of Light Foundation for its superior management and return on investment in the supervision of its volunteers. Furthermore, CBBBS has just garnered an unprecedented fifth National BBBS Quality Award in a row, placing the agency in the top 5% of the 350 organizations that are part of the National BBBS Federation. Finally, and the most important achievement of all, 100% of the children matched with mentors through Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters graduate from high school, and almost 90% go on to higher education. The goals of CBBBS’ mentoring programs and projects are to: nurture social and emotional development; improve academic achievement; and, ultimately, build self-esteem and empowerment for youth facing economic, social, and physical obstacles to successful life outcomes. Last year, CBBBS served approximately 400 young people with one-to-one mentoring matches; assessed another 400 children and their families for services (and other social service referrals); and screened and trained 500 adults as potential mentors or other skilled volunteer activities. The children served by CBBBS range in age from 7 to 18 years old, come from low-income communities and have a demographic comprised of 70% Latino and 24% African American. In addition, more than half of the agency’s mentoring matches are with young people who have incarcerated parents and/or come from foster care.