Mission and Vision
Our Mission
Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
We serve at-risk/high-risk youth ages who may:
Our Vision
All youth achieve
their full potential.
By partnering with parents, volunteers, teachers, healthcare providers, and other caring adults, we are accountable for each child in our program achieving:​
Our History
A historical beacon and valued community institution since 1973, Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana impacts more than 600 lives annually with the power of mentoring relationships that ignite the promise of youth in our community. By carefully vetting and training adult mentors, we connect children with the support they need to realize their potential and build healthy futures. Our services are available in Indiana and Kentucky in the following counties.
INDIANA
Greene
Jackson
Jefferson
Jennings
Lawrence
Monroe
Orange​
Owen
Scott
Switzerland
Washington
KENTUCKY
Carroll
Trimble
National History
In 1904, New York City court clerk Ernest Coulter saw more and more boys coming through his courtroom. He recognized the need for caring adults to help create an innovative alternative to the criminal justice system. That marked the beginning of the Big Brothers movement.
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At around the same time, the members of a group called Ladies of Charity were befriending girls who had come through the New York Children’s Court. That group would later become Catholic Big Sisters.
Both groups continued to work independently until 1977, when Big Brothers Association and Big Sisters International joined forces and became Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
More than 100 years later, Big Brothers Big Sisters remains true to our founders’ vision of bringing caring role models into the lives of children. And, today, Big Brothers Big Sisters currently operates in all 50 states—and in 12 countries around the world.