Big Brothers Sisters Of Central Indiana Inc.

Big Brothers Sisters Of Central Indiana Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides youth mentoring services. Through federal grants, it serves as a subrecipient to deliver mentoring programs aimed at supporting at-risk youth, reducing juvenile delinquency, improving academic performance and pro-social behaviors, and strengthening communities.

As a subrecipient, Big Brothers Sisters Of Central Indiana Inc. has helped administer mentoring services funded through federal grants from the Department of Justice. These services were provided as part of programs run by the prime recipient, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Corporation, such as expanding one-on-one community-based mentoring relationships and tailored services to high-risk populations including youth involved in the justice system, those with an incarcerated parent or caregiver absence due to military deployment, as well as American Indian/Alaska Native youth and youth in rural poverty. The mentoring services aim to measure outcomes such as school engagement, substance use reduction, and reduced victimization. Big Brothers Sisters Of Central Indiana Inc.'s role as a subrecipient involves activities like volunteer mentor recruitment and screening, data collection on matches supported, and administering participant surveys on relationship strength and youth behavioral outcomes.