With over 50 years of service and experience, Big Brothers and Big
Sisters of Greater Los Angeles has as their mission to help children
in need. They do so in a number of ways. They offer a one-to-one
mentoring program that offers needy children a chance to form a
lasting bond with a pre-screened adult who commits to working with the
child for one entire year. They help children to strengthen their
sense of self-worth, to improve each child’s resilience, self-efficacy
and sense of future and more.
In the past year alone, 1670 at-risk children and youth from the
greater Los Angeles area were matched with carefully-screened
supportive adult volunteers. 90% of the children come from families
with annual household incomes at or below the Federal poverty level.
More than 75% of the children are from single parent households and
30% of the children are referred to the program through the L.A.
County Department of Children and Family Services.