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BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS
OF SOUTH TEXAS
Address:
202 Baltimore, San Antonio, Texas 78215
Phone Number: (202) 225-6322 Email: Info@BigMentor.Org
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Search Institute Study
Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) is a mentoring program with proven results. The Search Institute has identified certain assets as building blocks of healthy development that help young people grow up healthy, caring, and responsible. BBBS measures the percentage of children matched in the program who improve or maintain in the following asset areas:
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Year of Study: 2005 |
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| Self-confidence | 87.34% |
| Able to express feelings | 90.19% |
| Can make decisions | 80.38% |
| Has interests or hobbies | 83.54% |
| Hygiene, appearance | 80.06% |
| Sense of the future | 66.77% |
| Attitude toward school | 80.70% |
| School preparedness (homework) | 58.23% |
| Class participation | 50.32% |
| Classroom behavior | 50.32% |
| Uses school resources | 64.24% |
| Uses community resources | 55.38% |
| Academic performance | 71.84% |
| Able to avoid delinquency | 75.95% |
| Able to avoid substance abuse | 75.63% |
| Able to avoid early parenting | 72.78% |
| Shows trust toward you | 97.15% |
| Respects other cultures | 81.96% |
| Relationship with family | 68.35% |
| Relationship with peers | 86.71% |
| Relationship with other adults | 72.78% |
Nationwide Independent Study
Big Brothers Big Sisters' mentoring programs were the focus of a nationwide study of the benefits to young people by having a Big Brother or Big Sister. A Philadelphia-based independent research firm, Public/Private Ventures, studied children in Big Brother Big Sister mentoring relationships and compared them to a group of their peers without mentors. The study concluded that Little Brothers and Little Sisters were:
- 46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs
- 27% less likely to begin using alcohol
- 52% less likely to skip a day of school
- 37% less likely to skip a class
- one-third less likely to hit someone
- increased their confidence in schoolwork performance
- showed better relationships with their family members and peers
The San Antonio agency was one of eight sites across the nation to participate in this study.
"These dramatic findings are very good news, particularly at a time when many people contend that 'nothing works' in reaching teenagers,"
said Gary Walker, president of Public/Private Ventures.
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Reviewed/Updated: August 10, 2006