2017-498-E Finance - Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle, Inc. - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:2A83AE93-E43A-4DCA-8002-FA0D789204A6 EXHIBIT A PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION 2. AGENCY INFORMATION (Be Very Brief and Concise) Please provide the following information about your agency (2 pages OR LESS): a) Years in Operation, Date of Incorporation (Month/Year): 10/26/1998. A Big Brothers Big Sisters agency has operated in our area for 18 years. Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle, which is the result of a merger between two BBBS agencies, has been in operation here for over 11 years. b) Agency's Purpose/Mission (no more than a few sentences): Our mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported, one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better forever. c) Types of Services the Agency Provides (bullet format): • Community-Based Mentoring provides children from single-parent homes or other children in need of an adult role model with a one-to-one mentor relationship with a volunteer from the community. These volunteers receive extensive screening and training from our Enrollment Specialists and our Match Support Personnel. A careful process is followed to make a quality match between the child and the appropriate volunteer in order to promote a long-term relationship. The Community-Based "Bigs" routinely provide eight to 10 hours a month of quality one-to-one time for each child. This particular program allows us to reach children throughout our service area who may not otherwise have access to services. These Bigs play an integral role in the lives of their "Littles" as stable, adult role models to help guide these children in the right direction. • School-Based Mentoring provides children in need of an adult role model with mentors who visit the Little's school campus during and after school. Our partnerships with many local schools allow school counselors and teachers to refer children who are struggling with class work or need extra attention to build better social skills and improve classroom behavior. Our School-Based matches meet for one to two hours each week. They read together, do homework, or play educational games, among other activities. School-Based Bigs work to improve their Littles' school attendance and academic performance and help them understand the importance of staying in school, graduating, and achieving higher education. They also tend to have more direct conversations about school performance and get access to more information regarding grades and homework through interaction with their Little's teachers. • We provide a variety of supplemental activities as well — STEM Smart Saturday Academy programming; book clubs; college and career readiness; yoga; and our Healthy Child Initiative, to name a few. We also work with corporate sponsors and local donors to provide opportunities for the matches to attend sporting events, movies, museums, and many other activities. d) Agency's History with Providing These Services: For 111 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America remains true to its founders' vision of bringing caring role models into the lives of children. We are the oldest and most respected mentoring agency in the country. With that, our core programming - Community and School-Based Mentoring — is the cornerstone of our agency. We have the hard data to prove that our mentoring helps children increase self- esteem, overcome adversity, improve school behavior and academic performance, and avoid risky behaviors, like drug use and truancy. Agency Information 1/27/2017 1:43:18 PM Page 1 # of 24