Through sustained investment in the Strengthening Reach Project, CIBC’s investment has supported the scale-up of promising practices, helping local sites build and sustain programs that promote educational engagement and connectedness for young people facing geographic and systemic barriers to support.
The project provides direct support for agencies delivering school-focused mentoring programs, including In-School Mentoring (ISM) and Post-Secondary Mentoring (PSM). Fifteen agencies with limited access to consistent funding for school-based programming are receiving targeted support to strengthen and expand services in their communities, with more than 150 mentees expected to participate during the school year.
Beyond supporting individual matches, CIBC’s investment is helping agencies strengthen partnerships with schools, improve access to mentoring in underserved communities, and build local capacity to deliver high-quality, evidenceinformed programming. With 73% of BBBSC agencies reporting service delivery in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities, the Strengthening Reach Project is helping ensure more young people can access consistent developmental relationships and the supports they need to stay engaged in school and connected to their futures.
Since 2019, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada has partnered with CIBC to strengthen access to mentoring programs for children and youth living in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities.
We want to thank all our partners like CIBC who help reach youth who need us most.
