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Traditional
This program, for which Big Brothers Big Sisters is best-known, matches children
from single-parent families with positive adults from the community. The program
is tailored to complement the time constraints and preferences of volunteers
by our professional case management staff. You need no special training to
be a mentor. It's not costly. It takes only 6 to 10 hours per month.
And best of all, it's a whole lot of fun!
Foster Grandparent
This program, which began in Hartford in 1977, is funded by the Corporation
for National Service. It became part of Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters in
1988. Based in Hartford, it services Hartford, Tolland and Middlesex counties.
The program gives senior citizens a way to help provide person-to-person contact
in health, education, welfare and other areas where children require guidance
and care. Program volunteers work with children in group settings in public/private
schools, day care centers, hospitals, juvenile detention centers and teen
parenting programs. Foster Grandparents act as adult role models assisting
the children in improving basic learning skills, while helping to improve
their self-esteem.
Governor's State Employee Mentoring
Program
Convinced of the value of mentoring and tutoring, Governor John G. Rowland
has committed the State of Connecticut to provide these services to 20,000
of its at-risk young people as early as possible in the new century. To help
accomplish this, he signed into law the nation's first bill allowing eligible
state employees one week of additional annual vacation, with pay, if they
mentor a youth through the Big Brother Big Sister program.
Site-Based Program
This is similar to our traditional program in that the ultimate goal is for
caring adults to uplift the lives of at-risk children. It differs from our
Traditional Program in that we are not asking a participant to commit to six
to ten hours per month of volunteer time. We are asking a company to make
some of its employees available for one hour per week to mentor local schoolchildren.
It also differs from our Traditional Program in that the mentoring interaction
takes place at either a host company or designated school location rather
than diverse locations jointly chosen by a volunteer mentor and child being
mentored. Additionally, there is somewhat more of an educational aspect to
our Site-Based Program than there is to our Traditional Program.
The COMET Project (Coalition of Mentoring
Excellence Team)
The purpose of the COMET Project in Hartford, CT is to assist a population
of special, at-risk children of incarcerated parents with mentoring services
in a coalition partnership involving the non-profit, state agencies and the
interdenominational faith communities. Hartford, Connecticut has one of the
highest per capita rates of incarceration among young men in the nation. From
the 19,216 incarcerated adults in the state of Connecticut, more than 4,400
children of prisoners live in greater Hartford. (United Way Capitol Area:
Community Report, 2001)
