INNOVATIVE MATCH SUPPORT Getting ready to serve special populations of youth Michael O’Teter, Vice...
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INNOVATIVE MATCH SUPPORT Getting ready to serve special populations of youth Michael O’Teter, Vice President of Program, BBBS Lone Star Katy White & Jen
INNOVATIVE MATCH SUPPORT Getting ready to serve special
populations of youth Michael OTeter, Vice President of Program,
BBBS Lone Star Katy White & Jen Walper Roberts, Dare Mighty
Things
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Introduction s Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star Headquartered
in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area, with 14 regional offices in
communities across all of north, west-central and east Texas, as
well as the Greater Houston community Serving almost 10,000
children with a mentor each year Dare Mighty Things, Inc.
Consulting company specializing in performance management solutions
for those working with vulnerable populations Serving as an outside
evaluator for the Caruth Foundation
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Caruth Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Initiative
Goals: Pilot an effective approach to prevent and reduce crime in
Dallas County Advance the frontier on successful intervention with
high-risk children and youth Target Populations: Children at-risk
for early academic failure Truant adolescents Adjudicated
adolescents
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Develop School Partnerships Retain Match support Specialists
House In Order Infuse Educational Strategies
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What have you tried? to develop and retain high- quality match
support specialists (mentoring managers/supervisors)? to infuse
school- connectedness strategies into your mentoring program? to
develop school partnerships?
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Enhance Standing of MSS
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Educational Support Phase 3 (Focus Intervention): Tailor
educational consultations & plans Phase 2 (Piqu Interest):
Engage matches in educationally focused match activities Phase I
(Lay Foundation): Solidify relationship & expose match to
educational resources
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Raising the Bar Researched Based Recruitment Market research
data-driven recruiting to enroll High Performing mentors Mentors
Commitment: Higher expectations for commitment, pre-match training
and screening Family Commitment: Pre-match training orientation and
participation expectations School Partner Commitment: Stronger
commitment requirements and critical mass of students
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Faith Partnerships
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Corporate Partnerships
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mentor2.0
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Over to You! How can we build upon these foundations to meet
the needs of youth who have been truant or adjudicated? Community
Based Mentoring Table Discussion mentor2.0 Table Discussion