Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County, Inc.

Goals for BBBS Mentoring Programs:

1. Provide 700+ Littles with at least 4 hours of 1:1 mentoring monthly (over 33,000 total hours), meeting or exceeding the prior year's Youth Outcomes Survey measured outcomes for active matches.
2. Provide support for Littles through additional staff and volunteer training in mental health and trauma-informed care, and training specific to Littles on the topic of resiliency.
3. Work to enhance mentoring program through focused expansion of community partnerships designed to provide supplemental activities for matches, including financial literacy, leadership skills, community volunteerism, and STEM learning.

Goal 1: Meet monthly service goals; meet annual average match length goals. Focus on quality of service, quality of matches and volunteers.
Goal 2: Through mental health and trauma informed care training, staff, volunteers and leaders at BBBS will learn the skills they need support youth who have experienced or continue to experience significant emotional or physical trauma. Youth will learn essential coping skills necessary for addressing and healing from their trauma through workshops and activities that help them work through their feelings of anxiety and depression, in a safe, nurturing environment.
Goal 3: BBBS aims to increase the number of supplemental activities open to active matches on topics of mutual interest to them. BBBS plans to offer at least one activity per month open to Community Mentoring matches on the following topics: financial literacy, leadership development, soft skills development, STEM learning, physical health and wellness, and community volunteerism.

Many BBBS match support staff members have masters degrees; all are credentialed professionals. BBBS staff and volunteers undergo rigorous training in order to ensure match safety and quality of care. All program staff members participate in leadership development trainings, program trainings, and safety trainings annually. BBBS leadership staff are highly qualified and experienced in recruitment, program support, fundraising, marketing and business management. As a valued member of the San Diego community since 1961, BBBS is a highly qualified community leader in the youth development field.

2020 accomplishments include:
• 900+ children served from over 80 zip codes across San Diego County
• Workshops held on financial literacy, financial aid, Trauma Informed Care, wellness and more.
• Corporate partners continued to serve youth through workplace mentoring initiative Beyond School Walls
• Littles improved or maintained “attitudes toward risky behavior” after one year
• Littles improved or maintained “scholastic competence” after one year

In 2021, BBBS will continue to expand trauma-informed care training to volunteers and youth. Further, BBBS will create virtual (and ultimately, in-person) matches during a critical time for youth.