Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle

Mentoring children of prisoners (mcp):the mcp program functions under the guidelines and by the infrastructure of the community-based mentoring program. Mentors are paired with a child who has had a parent or guardian incarcerated. the program is committed to helping children overcome the disruption of the relationship with their parent who has been incarcerated, as well as any other hardship that the child may be encountering. Mentoring relationships are one-to-one and all participants receive training and supplemental activities to better support and enrich their program experience.

Community and site based one-to-one mentoring:the professionally paired and matched one-to-one mentoring relationships are designed to support and enhance a child's assets, in order to foster their physical, intellectual, emotional and moral development. Both programs pair volunteers with children ages 6-14 in wake, durham and orange counties.community based: this is the classic pairing of well-screened, caring volunteer mentors with children from primarily single-parent families. the volunteers are adults who are willing to commit at least one year to serving as a Big brother or Big sister volunteer mentor. Community based matches spend a minimum of 8 hours a month together doing activities and spending time together in the community.site based: site based matches spend a minimum of 4 hours a month together for at least one year. Site based matches meet only at the designated location (i.e. : elementary school, middle school, after-school program, recreation center, designated beyond school wall partner work place, etc.)