About
BBBS’s mission is to enable life-changing mentoring relationships to ignite the power and potential of young people. At the core of our work we match youth with caring mentors to facilitate Developmental Relationships. Mentors form strong one-to-one relationships with their mentees that express care, challenge growth, provide support, share power, and expand possibilities. These critical Developmental Relationships allow children and youth to strengthen their social-emotional competencies and executive functioning skills, developing them into resilient young people who are able to overcome life’s adversities and ultimately, to thrive.
Our Impact
The BBBS mentoring model is the right intervention for youth facing adversity but who are not yet in crisis. We are a ‘midstream’ agency adding positive supports and improving skills and abilities for those we serve. Our intervention can change the trajectory of a young person’s life, preventing them from ending up further downstream, with higher needs, and in need of more, and more costly interventions.
Brain science research shows that the presence of just one positive adult relationship in a young person’s life can change their brain chemistry, allowing them to develop resilience and the social-emotional competencies that will allow them to thrive.
