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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Indian River County COMMUNITY BASED MENTORING Grant: $15,000 Funds Used: $12,669 Total Children Served: 30 unduplicated children served Cost per child: $500.00 Focus Area: After School and Summer Recreational Activities and Academic Enrichment Taxonomy Number: PH -150.550-10 Program Description: Community Based Mentoring Program provides one-to-one mentoring for identified at - risk children/youth ages 5 —18. Enrolled children/youth are from low-income, single parent homes throughout Indian River County. Children/youth meet with their mentor outside of the school day, approximately two to four hours per week year-round with a focus on increasing student academic success and enhancing social - emotional growth. Collaboration: Indian River County School District, RSVP, United Way of Indian River County, Indian River Sheriff's Department, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Gifford Youth Activities Center, Youth Guidance, Community Church of Vero Beach, Wells Fargo, and Comcast. GOALS/OUTCOMES REPORT Goal 1: 75% of the targeted population who have participated in the Community Based Mentoring Program for three months or more will increase achievement in one or more academic subjects. Baseline: Grades reflected on report cards from first grading period for the 2019-2020 school year. Twenty-one unduplicated students were served during the fourth quarter of this grant. We were not able to make any new matches during this fourth quarter due to the various National, State, Community, and Agency restrictions preventing in-person interviews and meetings. However, the existing matches were able to continue meeting through virtual means utilizing Zoom. After coordination of agreeable dates and times, individual match meetings were set up via Zoom by the Match Support Specialist. All Zoom meetings were supervised by the MSS as well to ensure virtual safety. As previously reported, and despite the challenges of online learning during the final nine weeks of the school year, seventeen of the twenty-one students we serve showed academic progress in at least one of the academic areas graded for the 2019-2020 school year. Baseline data for the students we will serve during 2020-2021 school year will be established in October 2020. For the last 7 months, we have been unable to make any new matches due to the restrictions imposed for Covid-19. As of October 1, 2020, we have begun in-person interviewing of new youth as well as adults and we have every confidence we will meet our goal of serving 30 youth during the new grant cycle. Goal 2: 75% of the targeted population who have participated in the Community Based Mentoring Program for three months or more and have been absent and/or tardy from school for any reason five or more times a semester will improve their attendance/tardy rates. Baseline: Report card attendance data from the first grading period for the 2019-2020 school year. Twenty-one unduplicated students were served during the fourth quarter. Baselines had been established for each student using prior report card data. Report cards were obtained after the final grading period for this school year and compared to the baseline for each student. However, it must be noted that during the 4th nine week grading period, all school buildings were closed due to the Covid virus and all teaching/lea"ng was