1. Caruth Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Initiative Big Brothers Big Sisters requests: $2,993,750 Mentor 1,000 at-risk Dallas County youths Adjudicated Youth: 87% will stay out of jail Truant Youth: 96% will stay in school Save the State of Texas $66.7 million over 5 years Pilot an effective approach to prevent and reduce juvenile crime in Dallas County. Create and promote a successful model ready for replication based on independent third party evaluation. Advance the frontier on successful intervention with high-risk youth.

2. Goal and Objectives Goal: To improve public safety in Dallas County through three specific one-to-one mentoring initiatives targeted at youths who are highly at-risk of future criminal behavior. Early Indicators of Future Criminality:

3. Measuring Success Deliverables and Outcomes over Three Years Improved Public Safety through Decreased Criminal Behavior 85% of adjudicated youths are not rearrested Improved School Attendance 65% of truant youths decrease absences Improved Academic Performance 60% of youths improve grades Replicable Model One independently-evaluated, documented model ready for statewide scaling

4. Big Brothers Big Sisters selected Dare Mighty Things, a nationally-recognized subject matter expert, to conduct an independent evaluation. Evaluation tools include: 1.Pre and post Youth Outcome surveys 2.Strength of Relationship surveys 3.Annual achievement surveys to measure: Academic performance School attendance High-risk behavior Court involvement 4.Quarterly and Annual Performance Evaluations Evaluation Plan