Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North Bay190 Camino Oruga, Suite 4
Napa, CA 94558
Telephone: 707-258-6346
The mentoring programs of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) have a positive impact on the lives of children and families we
serve by offering a professionally supported relationship between a caring adult and a child. Big Brothers/Sisters (Bigs)
are friends, mentors, and positive role models to the children (Littles) with whom they are matched.
Program Type:
Community-based; site-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee
ages: 6 - 15
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: weekly contact
Length of commitment: at least
12 months |
Foster
a Dream
Office: 4585 Pacheco Blvd,
#110, Martinez, CA 94553 Mail:
77 Solano Square, #133, Benicia, CA
94510 Telephone: 925-228-0200 Fax: 925-228-0202
Website: www.fosteradream.org
Contact: Tamara Earl E-mail: info@fosteradream.org
Foster
A Dream's mission is to provide programs and resources that build the hopes, dreams and futures of foster children; and
be a guiding source for successful transition into the adult world. One of our main programs, "Bridges", seeks
to increase positive outcomes for youth exiting foster care, creating permanent connections and building a foundation for
academic and career success. Through our mentoring component, we connect foster youth with mentors who will empower them
and help build strong foundations for success futures.
Program Type: Community-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support; Tutoring/academic; Career
development; Sports/recreation
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 13 - 18
Mentee genders: male and
female
Time commitment: 4 hours per month
Length of commitment: at least 12 months |
Fighting Back Partnership Solano Mentor Collaborative
505 Santa Clara St.
Vallejo,
CA 94590
Telephone: 707-648-4033
Fax: 707-648-5212
Website: www.fight-back.org
Contact: Najla Barance or Angela Brandt E-mail: nbarance@fight-back.org or abrandt@fight-back.org
The mission of Solano Mentor Collaborative (SMC) is to strengthen local mentoring programs, which includes increasing
the number of adult mentors, to offer our communities’ youth a means to make positive choices.
Program Type:
Community-based; school-based; site-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support; tutoring/academic; career development;
sports/recreation
Mentoring ratio: Group mentoring: 1 mentor for every 6-20 mentees; team mentoring; 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 6 - adult
Mentee genders: male, female, and transgender
Time commitment: depends on program
Length
of commitment: depends on program |
Mixed Roots Foundation
Adoptee Mentor Program (AMP)
795
Folsom St., 1st Floor
San Francisco, CA
94107
Telephone: 800-659-6958 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 |
