Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Hampshire
Together we are defenders of potential
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
National studies show one in three children will grow up without a mentor. And yet, children who have a caring adult role model in their lives are more likely to do better in school, avoid risky behaviors, and form stronger relationships with peers and others than those without a mentor.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Hampshire addresses many of the issues facing children today by providing them with professionally-screened and trained volunteer mentors. Each match is carefully made after hours of background work to determine compatibility, and all matches benefit from intensive professional support aimed to ensure strong bonds are forged and sustained.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Community Based Match
Matching a child between the age of 6 and 17 with an adult mentor. The mentor spends time with the child in the community sharing common interests while forming a friendship.
School/Site Based Match
Meet at a particular school or other site that has on-site supervision such as a business or YMCA for 1 hour/1 day a week.
Bigs and Littles are always supervised.
Mentoring Children of Prisoners
Parent or family member is currently or was previously incarcerated
Mentoring Military Children
Family member is in the military and in some phase of deployment
PRISM
Pride, Respect, Identity, Safety, Mentoring
A collaborative effort to support LGBTQ+ youth in positive mentoring relationships with a caring adult.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of Facebook followers
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Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Average number of dollars per person served
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Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Cost of supporting a match increases as we adapt to today's climate and the need for additional screening measures as well as training for staff and volunteers.
Number of background checks completed
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Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Hours of mentoring
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Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of youth who demonstrate that they avoid risky behaviors
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Population(s) Served
Preteens, Children, Adolescents
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of youth who demonstrate that they avoid using illegal substances
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Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of youth who demonstrate that they have developed healthy relationships
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The mission of our organization is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
Our primary goal is to provide all New Hampshire youth in need of a mentor with a caring, professionally-supported role model. We serve more than 1,000 children across the Granite State, and we constantly work to serve more children.
By partnering with parents/guardians, schools, and other community organizations, we hold ourselves accountable for each child in our program achieving: higher aspirations, greater confidence, better relationships, avoidance of risk behaviors, and educational success.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Providing high-quality one-to-one youth mentoring is all we do. We use an evidence-based model with proven results, and we are the premier youth mentoring organization in the Granite State. With child safety as our top priority, we make life-changing mentoring relationships a reality children facing adversity.
Our matches are strong and long-lasting. Volunteers and youth in our program agree to meet 2-4 times a month for 1-3 hours, and commit to at least a year in our program. Our average match length consistently remains about 3 years, proving that through rigorous volunteer screening and consistent, high-quality, support we are building and sustaining mentoring relationships that we know will have the most positive impacts on the children we serve.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
All of our energies are focused on making and supporting one-to-one mentoring matches. With highly-trained and passionate professional staff members handling every step of the process and supporting matches through the ups and downs, our matches are strong and long-lasting and our youth outcomes speak for themselves.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
After merging to form a statewide organization in 2015, BBBSNH has achieved financial stability and improved our overall quality of our service to Granite State children and volunteer mentors. We've opened a satellite office to serve the Lakes Region, and are working hard to ensure that our services are available to all New Hampshire children.
Now, as we look to the future, we're poised to achieve meaningful, sustainable growth that will allow us to serve more children throughout the state. We know we can do it, and we know that every community will benefit from the positive impacts of youth mentoring for generations to come.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Hampshire
Board of directorsas of 02/22/2022
Mr. Amir Rosenthal
The Granite Group
Joan Brodsky
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Eleanor Dahar
Victor W. Dahar, P.A
Judith Jolton
Rachel Therrien
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Roy Ballentine
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Aaron Sharabaika
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Stephen Catalano
Raphael Roman
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Bob Dell Isola
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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