Recognized Mentoring Outcomes

From the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation study of Across Ages, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, PROJECT Belong, Linking Lifetimes, Career Beginnings, RAISE, Campus Partners in Learning 2002

Educational Achievement and Cognitive Attainment

• Fewer unexcused absences
• Better attitudes toward school
• Higher perceived scholastic competence
• Improved school behavior

Health and Safety

• Less likely to initiate drug or alcohol use during the program and within 6 months of leaving program
• Less likely to engage in physical altercations
• Reduced likelihood of committing major offenses during the program and two years after, for youth with a prior arrest history

Social and Emotional Development

• Indirectly improves the child’s self-esteem by improving parent-child relationship
• Greater sense of self-control
• More positive attitudes toward school, the elderly, the future and helping behaviors
• Better communication skills and more emotional support