Mentoring Works!

Youth who participate in mentoring relationships experience a number of positive benefits, including:

• In terms of educational achievement, mentored youth have better attendance; a better chance of going on to higher education; and better attitudes toward school.
  
  
• In terms of health and safety, mentoring appears to help prevent substance abuse and reduce some negative youth behaviors.
  
  
• On the social and emotional development front, taking part in mentoring promotes positive social attitudes and relationships.
  
  
• Mentored youth tend to trust their parents more and communicate better with them.
  
  
• They also feel they get more emotional support from their friends than do youth who are not mentored.
  

*From "Making A Difference: An Impact Study of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America" by Public/Private Ventures, 1995

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