Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area 731 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Telephone: 925-918-2657 Fax: 415-495-5704 Website: www.bbbsba.org Contact: Dolores Santa Cruz E-mail: dsantacruz@bbbsba.org Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area helps build responsible, independent children and youth by matching each with a supportive and caring adult role model. Our mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships that provide measurable impact. Program Type: Community-based; school-based, site-based Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring Mentee ages: 6 - 18 Mentee genders: male and female Time commitment: 4 - 12 hours per month Length of commitment: 12 months	BUILD 449 15th Street, Suite 401 and 7700 Edgewater Drive Oakland, CA 94612 Telephone: (510) 629-6939 Fax: (510) 271-7944 Website: www.build.org Contact: Sarah Snyder E-mail: ssnyder@build.org BUILD is an innovative four-year business development program which connects under-resourced high school students with adult mentors and professionals around the Bay Area. Our mission is to provide real-world entrepreneurial experience that empowers youth from backgrounds that are under-represented in college to excel in education, lead in their communities, and succeed professionally. To date, 100% of BUILD graduates have been accepted to college.   Program Type: School-based, site-based Mentoring focus: Career development Mentoring ratio: Team mentoring (2 mentors:3-5 mentees) Mentee ages: 14 - 18 Mentee genders: male and female Time commitment: 1.5 hours per week (3:30 - 5:00 pm or 5:30 - 7:00 pm) Length of commitment: 9 or 11 months
Building Futures Mentoring Program Urban Services YMCA 1426 Fillmore St., Suite 204 San Francisco, CA 94115 Telephone: 415-561-0631x102 Fax: 415-563-8017 Website: www.ymcasf.org/urban/programs/building_futures Contact: Nick Wightman E-mail: nwightman@ymcasf.org The Building Future mission is to help at-risk youth overcome personal, social, and family challenges through a positive adult-child relationship. Building Futures offers 1-to-1 mentoring to at-risk youth in San Francisco/Marin/San Mateo/Alameda counties. We help children develop tools to cope with issues such as low self-esteem, family and peer conflicts, academic underachievement, and decision-making skills. We are unique in that we provide a 15-hour paraprofessional training to all mentors before matching, which prepares them to work successfully with at-risk youth by developing relationship-building skills, exploring issues facing at-risk youth, and strategies to handle difficult situations. Thorough ongoing support is provided by the coordinator who is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern.   Program Type: Community-based Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support; Tutoring/academic; Sports/recreation Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring Mentee ages: 6 - 18 Mentee genders: male and female Time commitment: 1 - 3 hours per week Length of commitment: 12 months	OreMi Mentoring Program Family Support Services of the Bay Area (FSSBA) 401 Grand Ave., Suite 500 Oakland, CA 94610 Telephone: 510-834-2443x3033 Fax: 510-834-1548 Website: www.oremi.info Contact: Hannah Danto E-mail: hdanto@fssba-oak.org   FSSBA's mission is to support children, youth, families, and communities by providing services that make them stronger. The OreMi Mentoring Program serves children of incarcerated parents by matching them with a one-on-one volunteer mentor.   Program Type: Community-based Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support primarily; Tutoring/academic, Sports/recreation, career development if desired Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring Mentee ages: 4 - 18 Mentee genders: male and female Time commitment: 4 hours per month at least 2 times per month Length of commitment: 12 months
YMCA-PG&E Teen Center Y-Scholars Program 2111 Martin Luther King Jr. Way Berkeley, CA 94704 Telephone: 510-542-2125 Fax: 510-649-9885 Website: www.ymca-cba.org/teen-center/about Contact: Danielle Lane E-mail: dlane@ymca-cba.org   The Y-Scholars Program works with over 200 first-generation college-bound students in grades 9-12 to prepare them to pursue higher education through career exploration and academic achievement. This comprehensive program offers a wide range of free services including weekly college/career workshops, after-school tutoring, and college tours. As well, students are connected with mentors to help increase academic and social support on an individual level. Mentors will attend an orientation to introduce them to program goals and expectations.  As well, monthly trainings and roundtables are offered to support mentors throughout the academic year.   Program Type: Community-based, Site-based Mentoring focus: Relationship (social-emotional support), Tutoring/academic, Career development, Sports/recreation Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring (1 mentor for every 1 mentee) Mentee ages: 13 - 17 Mentee genders: male and female Time commitment: 2 hours per week Length of commitment: 1 academic year (9-10 months)	Mixed Roots Foundation Adoptee Mentor Program (AMP) 795 Folsom St., 1st Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 Telephone: 800-659-6958 Fax: 888-674-9099 Website: www.mixedrootsfoundation.org Contact: Ellen Moore, Volunteer Director E-mail: emoore@mixedrootsfoundation.org   The Mixed Roots Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is the first and only global multicultural adoptee-led foundation (all board members are adopted) that cross-sects the international, domestic, and foster care adoption experience. Our mission is to promote and support organizations that serve as a resource to the adoptee community, create more awareness of the adoption experience, and inspire the next generation of adoptees to become leaders in the community.  For the past four years, the Adoptee Mentor Program (AMP), Mixed Roots charter program, matches youth who are adopted with adult adoptee mentors that serve as positive role models that promote cultural understanding and acceptance of being adopted as well as participate in educational and multicultural program events and activities.   Program Type: Community-based Mentoring focus: Relationship, Tutoring/academic, Career development Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring (1 mentor for every 1 mentee) Mentee ages: 7 - 17 Mentee genders: male and female Time commitment: 2 - 4 contacts per month Length of commitment: 12 months