BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE

As an affiliated organization of big brothers big sisters independence, mentor independence region (mir) was launched in 2015 to expand the mentoring field's regional capacity to reach more youth, and to pair them with caring, committed adult mentors, mir works directly with mentoring programs by assisting with trainings, technical assistance, quality assessment, professional networking, and advocacy. During 2024, 395 programs were directly supported, 65 trainings were delivered, 1,452 adult participants were trained, 550 technical assistance hours were delivered, 250 quality assessment reviews were completed, and approximately 179,000 youth were positively impacted. Mir's mission is to fuel the quality and quantity of mentoring relationships for greater philadelphia's young people and to close the mentoring gap.