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City Year helps students and schools succeed, while preparing the next generation of leaders. City Year AmeriCorps members provide support to students, classrooms and the whole school. Schools that partner with City Year are up to two to three times more likely to improve in English and math assessments, and the more time students spend with AmeriCorps members, the more they improve on skills that help students thrive in school and contribute to their community. A proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network, City Year is supported by AmeriCorps, local school districts and private philanthropy. City Year partners with public schools in 29 communities across the U.S. and through international affiliates in the U.K. and South Africa.

Our mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. Follow our page to stay up to date on the latest Big Brothers Big Sisters news. We'll also include regular updates and links that will help to demonstrate the true value of mentoring and the positive impact that it can have on the life of a child or young person. We accomplish our mission by partnering with parents/guardians, volunteers and others in the community, and we hold ourselves accountable for each child in our program achieving: - Higher aspirations, greater confidence, and better relationships; - Avoidance of risky behaviors; and - Educational success.

Founded in 1992, Public Allies is a nonprofit organization operating in multiple communities nationwide, where we facilitate our signature AmeriCorps leadership and apprenticeship program. We also advocate and invest in our alumni network numbering in the thousands, and are a catalyst for collaboration among our several hundred nonprofit partners. Public Allies' mission is to create a just and equitable society and the diverse leadership to sustain it. We are grounded in the conviction that everyone leads — that everyone can make a difference and work to inspire more citizens to believe in themselves, step up, and act. Public Allies' corporate sites are based in Chicago, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, and Wisconsin. Public Allies also has sites in: San Antonio, Arizona, Delaware, Los Angeles, Central Florida, and New Mexico. Learn more at www.publicallies.org