Adult-youth mentoring programs provide an array of positive impacts. For benefit leaders, adding these programs to their offerings is a way to bring skill-building, job satisfaction and social impact to their workforce.
Youth mentoring organization Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) has been pairing young people who face various types of adversity with working professionals for more than a century, with the goal of guiding them to a successful future. But the Littles, as the young participants are called, aren’t the only ones affected — the Bigs (mentors) and their employers have a lot to gain as well, says Ginneh Baugh, BBBSA’s chief impact officer.
