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EXHIBIT A <br />Children's Services Advisory Committee <br />2020-21 Grant Application <br />Agency Name: <br />Big Brothers Big Sisters of St. Lucie, Indian River, Okeechobee County <br />Address: <br />108 N Depot Dr, Suite 102, Fort Pierce, FL, 32950, US <br />Executive Director: <br />Stacey Watson-Mesley <br />Email: <br />Stacey.watson-mesley@bbbsbigs.org <br />Phone: <br />(772) 466-8535 <br />Fax: <br />(772) 828-2098 <br />Program Director: <br />Debbie Hawley <br />Program Address: <br />403 North US 1, Fort Pierce, FL, 34950 <br />Email: <br />Debbie.hawley@bbbsbigs.org <br />Phone: <br />(772) 466-8535 x206 <br />Program(s) Name: <br />1 - Passport to Early Literacy; 2 - Community Based Mentoring <br />Focus Area(s): <br />Early Childhood Development <br />Build Parent Capacity <br />Middle and High School Programs that Address Risky Behavior <br />Program Description: <br />Big Brothers Big Sisters of St. Lucie, Indian River, and Okeechobee Counties provides a structured <br />mentoring program in these two areas <br />Passport to Early Literacy will provide one-to-one mentoring focused on emergent literacy skills and <br />social/emotional development of VPK children whose family member(s) are living in poverty. It will also <br />build parent capacity through parent training and family engagement activities. <br />Community -Based Mentoring program will provide one-to-one mentoring to identified "at -risk" children <br />and youth with a trained adult volunteer "Big" who mentors an average of 3 hours per week all year with <br />a "mentee/little". Mentors are matched with identified youth who are struggling academically and/or <br />socially in the community. They focus on academics, goal setting, life skills, and removing barriers from <br />future success. <br />