Where it happens
Site-based and community-based
Mentors meet mentees at the school for site-based matches, and pick their mentee up at home for community-based ones.
Every child has a gift. We help Bronx youth find theirs.
A 501(c)(3) community organization founded in 2004 to address the needs of Latin youth — and youth of every other background — within the Bronx who face severe disadvantages. Our BOOM program matches them, one-on-one, with mentors who stay.
2004Serving the Bronx since
2,000+Kids mentored to date
4–8School grades served
400+
Young people a year
Mentoring the Bronx since 2004 — one match at a time.
02 The programme
One caring adult, one young person, one hour at a time.
BOOM — Bronx One-on-One Mentoring — pairs caring adult volunteers with at-risk youth in grades 4 through 8. It is built on the 100-year-old mentoring model of Big Brothers Big Sisters: youth development based on the strengths of the child, not their deficits.
How matches work
The “Two-by-Two” system
A best practice recommended by the national BBBS partnership — matches stay one-on-one, but two pairs share many activities together.
What they build
Real-world functional skills
BOOM focuses on skills children can actually use, and exposes them to over 50 different career manifestations.
03 Our reach
Two decades of mentoring in Bronx County
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Kids mentored one-on-one and in groups
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Young people served every single year
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Young people introduced to careers
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Families served across Bronx County
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Collaborating agencies across the initiative
04 / Programmes
Three ways we show up for Bronx youth
ALANY and its partners are committed to quality one-to-one and group mentoring for the children with the greatest need who attend school in the Bronx.
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Grades 4–8
BOOM — Bronx One-on-One Mentoring
A one-on-one mentoring programme pairing caring adult volunteers with at-risk youth in grades 4 through 8, serving more than 400 young people each year. Site-based at partner schools, community-based in the neighbourhood.
Programme details
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Ages 4–18
BOOM C5 Thrive
Community-based mentoring for children of incarcerated parents, funded by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Built to promote the five C’s of positive youth development: character, competencies, confidence, contribution and connectivity.
Programme details
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Year-round
Enrichment & community activities
Homework help, arts and crafts, talent shows, field trips and service projects — from sleeping bags sewn from scratch for a homeless shelter to bake sales that bought toys for a children’s hospital.
What mentees do
05 In the programme
Moments from BOOM
Talent shows, service days and the ordinary afternoons in between. Select a photo to enlarge it.
06 / Evidence
What three years of BOOM produced
The U.S. Department of Education set four targets for this grant. ALANY’s Final Performance Report, filed for the period ending 30 September 2010, records all four as exceeded.
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Mentor student matches made over the life of the grant
Drawn from 182 mentors and 196 mentees across three project years, at two Bronx sites.
Matches sustained for twelve months or longer
103 of the 138 matches made
Target
50%
Achieved
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Students improving their core-subject GPA
95 of 138 matched students, measured by the schools
Target
30%
Achieved
0%
Reduction in school suspensions
From 5 students suspended in 2008–09 down to 1 in 2009–10
Target
40%
Achieved
0%
Students who cut their unexcused absences
65 of 85 students, year two to year three
Target
40%
Achieved
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All four federal targets exceeded
Matches met for at least an hour each week and engaged in various one-on-one activities at the school. Other activities included field trips and cultural events that aid in creating and sustaining their relationships.ALANY Final Performance Report · U.S. Dept. of Education
07 / Recognition
Trusted with federal funding
ALANY has received and successfully administered grants from the Health and Human Services Agency, the U.S. Department of Education, The Mayor’s Fund of New York and many local corporations and foundations.
Mentoring Children of Prisoners
Awarded under the legislative authority of Public Law 109-288, the Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006, to launch BOOM C5 Thrive for children of incarcerated parents in the Bronx.
- Grant award
- No. 90CV0471
- Budget period
- 30 Sep 2009 – 29 Sep 2010
- CFDA
- 93.616
ALANY — BOOM (Bronx One on One Mentoring)
A three-year mentoring grant delivered in collaboration with area schools to provide mentoring services to at-risk students in the Bronx completed and reported in full.
- PR/Award
- Q184B070036 (CFDA 84.184B)
- Project period
- Through 30 Sep 2010, three budget periods
- Federal funds
- $573,950 across the entire project period
Businesses that have regularly contributed to ALANY include Fidelis Care Corp., New York Life Insurance Corp., Citgo Group, Amerigroup, CenterCare Corp. and the New York Yankees.
08 / Where we operate
Schools We Served
BOOM is site-based: mentors meet their mentees inside the school day, in the buildings where these young people already are. These are the Bronx middle schools we operate in.
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Life Academy Charter School
Bronx, New York
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Middle School 390
M.S. 390 · Bronx, New York
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Jordan L. Mott Middle School
X022 · Bronx, New York
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The Angelo Patri Middle School
X391 · Bronx, New York
09 / Partners
We do not do this alone
Twenty collaborating agencies across the mentoring initiative — schools, colleges, city agencies, faith organisations and local business.
Collaborating agencies: Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York; The Mentoring Partnership of New York; Fordham University; Monroe College; Bronx Community College; New York Yankees Organization; Phoenix House; AARP of NY; International Development Institute; Mott Haven Prevention Program; Asociaciones for Development and Education RD-US, Inc.; 170th Merchant Association; Fresh Youth Initiative; Promesa Inc.; Urban Youth Alliance; New York City Department of Correction; New York State Office of Children and Family Services; Mentoring Resource Center; MANY — Mid-Atlantic Network of Youth & Family Services; Council Member Fernando Cabrera.
10 Get involved
An hour a week changes a childhood.
BOOM asks mentors for at least one hour each week and a commitment of one year. Every applicant is interviewed, background-checked and trained before they ever meet a child — and supported by our staff for as long as the match lasts.
- 01 Mentor a young person one-on-one for a year
- 02 Donate — funds cover activities, materials and mentor recruitment
- 03 Partner your school, business or congregation with BOOM
- 04 Refer a student who needs a mentor
Call (347) 590-0285 or email Israel@americanlatin.org