RESULTS (CONTINUED)...
National studies have found that children matched with a Big Brother Big Sister mentor are:...
- 46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs
- 27% less likely to begin using alcohol
- 52% less likely to skip school
- 33% less likely to resort to hit someone
Source: Public/Private Ventures — 1992 BBBS Impact Study; an independent study financed by the Lily Endowment, Inc. and Pew Charitable Trust
5 The independent Public/Private Ventures study in 1992 and 1993 was funded by grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc, The Commonwealth Fund and the Pew Charitable Trust
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