FirstPic, Inc. was directly involved in leading an effort to drive the initiative for Project Bounce Back between the Maryland Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services and Boys & Girls Clubs of Maryland. Project Bounce Back is a $25 million first-in-the-nation public-private partnership to help Maryland youth recover from the devastating impacts…
Under this initiative, FirstPic, Inc. provided assistance to the Navajo Nation for their Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program. This program specifically addressed the issue of Native American children with parent(s) incarcerated in tribal, state or federal prisons. FirstPic, Inc. support included: Program implementation facilitation in select Native American Boys & Girls Clubs. Technical program assistance…
A partner of Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) for 14 years, FirstPic, Inc. provides services to support government relations, grant management, and administrative practices for this national organization. Specifically, FirstPic: Provides online reporting tools for more than 1,100 users, including building, maintaining and training on usage of online reporting sites. Gathers, compiles and…
Growing over the last three years to more than 650 attendees from government, civic, research, philanthropic, and corporate sectors, the National Mentoring Summit is an annual meeting that provides a platform to share innovative mentoring program models, examine new research, project future developments in the field, and ensure that more youth receive quality mentoring throughout…
FirstPic, Inc. provided assistance in the administration of a targeted, citywide effort across Baltimore, MD in 2011 and 2012 to pair quality adult mentors with children in neighborhoods with historically high levels of juvenile crime. The initiative engaged community organizations with evidence-based mentoring programs as partners shared resources and expertise to support youth and community…
Founded in 1971, Close Up is a national nonprofit organization that educates and inspires young people to become informed and engaged citizens through a close up view of government and democracy in action. Close Up works together with teachers, administrators, parents and students nationwide to provide challenging, hands-on civic education programs for students and teachers…
FirstPic, Inc. served as the Native American Outreach Specialist to MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership under their Caregiver’s Choice Voucher Program contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Established in 2007, the Voucher Demonstration Program was designed to increase access to mentoring services nationwide and provide caregivers and parents the choice to select a…
Under this initiative, FirstPic, Inc. provided programmatic, administrative, and fiscal oversight and support to the NCAI for the National Native American Mentoring Program (NNAMP). Funded through the DOJ, OJJDP, the NNAMP was a facility driven program that identified and matched mentees with mentors. Mentees were Club youth who showed behaviors and signs that indicated a…
FirstPic, Inc. provided National Native American Law Enforcement Association (NNALEA) with conference support for its 10th and 11th Annual National Training Conferences. NNALEA is a nonprofit organization whose goal is fostering mutual cooperation among American Indian law enforcement officers, agents, personnel and their agencies, tribes, private industry, and the public. FirstPic, Inc. provided the following…
FirstPic, Inc. partnered with the Sea Research Foundation in 2003 to develop a program series, Immersion Learning, to help participants understand the positive roles that science and technology play in their everyday lives. Together, eight interactive adventure series manuals were developed. Each manual exposes youth to ongoing scientific expeditions and research in an effort to…