NIGP 95213: Big Brother, Big Sister, and Similar Type Program Services

NIGP 95213 Big Brother, Big Sister, And Similar Type Program Services is an Item code that captures state and local procurement of peer and adult-mentoring services for youth in community, educational, juvenile justice, and foster-care settings. Recent solicitations show governments buying structured mentoring programs pairing at-risk, foster, and justice-involved youth ages 10–21 with trained mentors possessing lived experience or professional credentials, delivered through both institutional settings (detention facilities, schools) and community-based organizations with measurable outcomes tied to educational engagement, trust-building, permanency planning, and trauma-informed practice. The issuing-body mix spans state agencies (Washington Health Care Authority, Maine Department of Corrections), county governments (Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, Solano County Probation Department, Boulder County Human Services, Montgomery County District Attorney's Office), and regional coordinating councils, with repeat activity in juvenile justice and child-welfare settings.

Geographic spread across recent opportunities includes Washington, California, Maine, Pennsylvania, and Colorado, with activity concentrated in states operating juvenile justice reform and foster-care modernization initiatives. Representative recent opportunities include the Washington State Health Care Authority's as-needed convenience contracts for tribal-focused health care consulting across five counties in Washington (RFQQ 2026HCA7, due July 31, 2026), which includes peer mentoring and tribal engagement services; Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services' request for information for a peer mentor program connecting foster youth ages 10–17 with adult mentors with lived child-welfare experience (RFI 260045, due June 11, 2026); Maine Department of Corrections' request for proposals for community-based mentoring for justice-involved youth ages 11–21 beginning 90 days before release and continuing in the community (RFP #202603063, due May 8, 2026); and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania District Attorney's Office RFP for an after-school program coordinator managing the Get Out and Grind police mentorship initiative for middle-school students in Norristown (RFP 26-20, due May 8, 2026, with a total award of $500,000 over three years contingent on grant funding).