2015 ANNUAL REPORT
OUR MISSION The Midlands Mentoring Partnership (MMP) is a backbone organization that seeks to increase the number and quality of mentoring opportunities available for youth.
OUR VISION To bring about community-wide, systemic change that will allow mentoring programs to serve more youth with quality services.
WHAT WE DO The goal of collective impact work is to address social issues that require many different players to come together and change their practices in order to solve a complex issue. The work of MMP encourages mentoring programs to move away from the traditional way of demonstrating “isolated impact� and more towards working collaboratively across sectors to accelerate reach and impact.
The MMP staff and board are able to focus on community issues and research-based solutions from a strategic level. Data and evaluation help identify gaps and weaknesses in reaching cross-sector goals. MMP coordinates the efforts of individual mentoring programs, other nonprofits, educational institutions and the business community to better serve youth with quality mentoring relationships.
WHO WE ARE
Because of a standardized data collection process for all full member partners, MMP is able to research community needs and implement national best practices for every aspect of the mentoring process from recruitment and training of mentors to evaluation and reporting results on impact.
Mentor Screening Support increases the safety of youth by ensuring a standardized background check as a minimum requirement for prospective mentors. In FY14, MMP paid for 1,153 background checks at a cost of $45,000, with a cost of approximately $39 per check. MMP leverages the volume for a discount to stretch donated dollars further. MMP provides training on new screening practices to all MMP mentoring partners at no cost.
In November, 2014, MMP received the Catalyst Award from the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands. The award was given to recognize that MMP initiated Omaha’s first-ever, city-wide, multi-agency mentor-recruitment campaign that included a strong social media component.
The campaign provided MMP’s partner agencies with a more cost-efficient way to recruit new mentors. Since 2012 MMP has seen a 30% increase in mentor matches as a result of this collaborative campaign.
Based on data collected from Omaha mentoring agencies it was determined that only 1.5% of the youth served with mentors in Douglas/Sarpy counties are foster youth or youth that have had even a minor touch with the juvenile justice system. MMP is currently piloting a new model called Youth Initiated Mentoring to bring about systemic changes in order to accommodate the needs of these youth who are not being served with mentoring. Additionally, MMP and it’s member agencies have taken on a pilot with the Omaha Public Schools & the Empowerment Network to find mentors for all middle school African American males that live in Omaha’s Village Zone.
To evaluate the impact of each agency’s mentoring program, and its adherence to mentoring standards, MMP uses a peer review process and a 100-question mentoring external assessment tool called Quality Mentoring Assessment Path (QMAP).
Through MMP — member agencies also have access to a “case management” and data tracking system called MentorCore to ensure an organization is tracking data to evaluate the effectiveness of their mentoring program. Collecting data and analyzing impact on a continual basis ensures that all efforts remain aligned, and enables the participants to increase efficiency and reduce costs over time.
AWARD WINNERS 2015 Mentor of the Year | Amy Nelson Nominated by Kent Bellows Mentoring Program at Joslyn Art Museum
Business Advocate of the Year | Creighton University Nominated by Kids Can Community Center, Youth Emergency Services, Girls Incorporated of Omaha & Ollie Webb Center, Inc.
2014 MENTOR OF THE YEAR | DAKOTAH TAYLOR Nominated by Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands
Business Advocate of the Year | Mutual of Omaha & Mutual of Omaha Foundation Nominated by Youth Emergency Services
2013 MENTOR OF THE YEAR | TESS LARSON Special thanks to Carol Russell Honorary Chairwoman
Nominated by Girls Inc.
BUSINESS ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR | OPPD Nominated by Partnership 4 Kids
2012 MENTOR OF THE YEAR | LAURA HOPP
AWARDS
Nominated by Ollie Webb
BUSINESS ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR | KIEWIT COMPANY Nominated by TeamMates
2011 MENTOR OF THE YEAR | ELAINE BANKEY Nominated by TeamMates
BUSINESS ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR | KUTAK ROCK Nominated by Partnership 4 Kids
BIG THANKS TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS IN CHANGE! City of Omaha, Mayor Jean Stothert
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation
Douglas County, Community Based Aid
Omaha Community Foundation
Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Pacific Life Foundation
Holland Foundation
Phillip & Terri Schrager Foundation
Peter Kiewit Foundation
William & Ruth Scott Family Foundation
Lozier Foundation
The Sherwood Foundation
Mammel Family Foundation
Weitz Family Foundation
Millard Foundation Mutual of Omaha Foundation
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPECIAL PROJECT SPONSORS
TH ANK Y OU
Anonymous Robert Bates
Nebraska Department of Education
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska
Noddle Companies
Building Healthy Futures
Deborah & Joseph Neary
Cox Communications
Pari Motiwala O’Donnell & Tim O’Donnell
Creighton University
Omaha Public Power District
Enterprise Bank
SilverStone Group
FBG Services
Paul & Annette Smith
Vic Gutman & Associates
Connie and Richard Spellman
Hefflinger Family
TEAM Software
Kiewit Company
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Kutak Rock
Valmont Industries
McGladrey
Connie and Richard Spellman
Metro Omaha Educational Consortium
TEAM Software
Metropolitan Community College
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Millard Lumber
FUNDING SUPPORT In-Kind Contributions
$72,174
Total Income
$452,586
IN 2015... MENTORING BY THE NUMBERS
Launched 2nd annual city-wide Mentor Recruitment Campaign which resulted
548 new mentors recruited. Since 2012, there has been a 30% increase
in
in new mentor matches as a result of MMP’s collaborative campaign
> Trained more than 250 individuals on mentoring best practices
> Provided intensive external quality mentoring assessments and reviews for 9 mentoring agencies > Trained 71 mentoring agency staff in the nationally acclaimed curriculum SAFE: Prioritizing Youth Safety Utilizing Mentor Screening Best Practices Paid for
1153 background checks for
new mentors Hosted
500+ guests in August of 2015 to hear
Dr. Kent Pekel, CEO of the Minnesota-based Search Institute.
> Increased capacity of multiple mentoring agencies including
2 new member mentoring programs:
Bike Union Mentoring Program and the YMCA Reach and Rise Mentoring Program
Collected data to demonstrate:
> Adherence to evidence-based practices > Impact of clients served > Gaps in mentoring services
PILOTED INTENTIONAL MENTORING PROJECTS TO SERVE MORE AT-RISK YOUTH MMP launched the Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM) pilot to serve more juvenile justice and foster care youth. This pilot received national attention from Dr. Jean Rhodes who is now formally evaluating this project.
“If YIM continues to show positive results, it could be a boon to mentoring programs
MMP launched a project to serve all African American 6th grade males living
that currently struggle to meet
in Omaha’s 68111 zip code area. This is a partnership with the Omaha Public
the demand for volunteer
Schools, the Empowerment Network and local mentoring partners.
mentors.”
Dr. Jean Rhodes Department of Psychology UMASS, Boston
AWARDS FOR MMP
> MMP Founder, Michael B. Yanney, was honored by our national affiliate,MENTOR, The National Mentoring Partnership, at the Library of Congress with the “Excellence in Mentoring” Award
> MMP was honored by the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands with the 2014 “Catalyst Award”
> MMP was honored by Kids Can Community Center and Gallup with the 2015 “Can Do” Award
“(The Douglas County Juvenile Assessment Center) will continue to advocate for support for Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM) because we have already seen how it is game-changing.” Shawne Johnson Coonfare
Director, Douglas County Juvenile Assessment Center
MMP’S FULL PARTNER MEMBER AGENCIES
BOARD AND STAFF
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands
JULIE HEFFLINGER
Bike Union Mentoring Project Girls Inc. Hope Center for Kids Kent Bellows Mentoring Program at Joslyn Art Museum Kids Can Community Center Ollie Webb, Inc. Partnership 4 Kids TeamMates Mentoring Program Release Ministries YMCA Reach & Rise Youth Emergency Services 100 Black Men of Omaha
MMP Board President Community Volunteer
JOHN EWING
MMP Board Vice President Douglas County Treasurer
KATHY CLARK
MMP Board Treasurer FBG Services
JOSH BARTEE
MMP Board Secretary Enterprise Bank
RICK SPELLMAN, J.D.
MMP Executive Committee Member at Large University of Nebraska Medical Center
OVELL BARBEE
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska
JEREMY CHRISTENSEN , J.D. Baird Holm LLP
VERNON DANIELS, J.D.
Juvenile Court of Douglas County
GREG GONZALEZ
Omaha Police Department
KENNY McMORRIS
Charles Drew Health Center
ASHLEY ROBINSON, J.D.
University of Nebraska
CHRIS RODGERS
Creighton University & Douglas County Board of Commissioners
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