BOARD AND STAFFJULIE HEFFLINGERMMP Board President Community Volunteer

JOHN EWINGMMP Board Vice President Douglas County Treasurer

KATHY CLARKMMP Board Treasurer FBG Services

JOSH BARTEEMMP Board Secretary Enterprise Bank

RICK SPELLMAN, J.D.MMP Executive Committee Member at Large University of Nebraska Medical Center

OVELL BARBEEBlue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska

JEREMY CHRISTENSEN , J.D.Baird Holm LLP

VERNON DANIELS, J.D.Juvenile Court of Douglas County

GREG GONZALEZOmaha Police Department

KENNY McMORRISCharles Drew Health Center

ASHLEY ROBINSON, J.D.University of Nebraska

CHRIS RODGERSCreighton University & Douglas County Board of Commissioners

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.

2015 ANNUAL REPORT

OUR VISION To bring about community-wide, systemic change that will allow mentoring programs to serve more youth with quality services.

WHAT WE DOThe 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.

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. WHO

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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.

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AWARD WINNERS

2015 Mentor of the Year | Amy NelsonNominated by Kent Bellows Mentoring Program at Joslyn Art Museum

Business Advocate of the Year | Creighton UniversityNominated by Kids Can Community Center, Youth Emergency Services,

Girls Incorporated of Omaha & Ollie Webb Center, Inc.

2014MENTOR OF THE YEAR | DAKOTAH TAYLORNominated by Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands

Business Advocate of the Year | Mutual of Omaha & Mutual of Omaha FoundationNominated by Youth Emergency Services

2013MENTOR OF THE YEAR | TESS LARSONNominated by Girls Inc.

BUSINESS ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR | OPPDNominated by Partnership 4 Kids

2012MENTOR OF THE YEAR | LAURA HOPPNominated by Ollie Webb

BUSINESS ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR | KIEWIT COMPANYNominated by TeamMates

2011MENTOR OF THE YEAR | ELAINE BANKEYNominated by TeamMates

BUSINESS ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR | KUTAK ROCKNominated by Partnership 4 Kids

Special thanks to Carol Russell Honorary Chairwoman

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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPECIAL PROJECT SPONSORS

Anonymous

Robert Bates

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska

Building Healthy Futures

Cox Communications

Creighton University

Enterprise Bank

FBG Services

Vic Gutman & Associates

Hefflinger Family

Kiewit Company

Kutak Rock

McGladrey

Metro Omaha Educational Consortium

Metropolitan Community College

Millard Lumber

Nebraska Department of Education

Noddle Companies

Deborah & Joseph Neary

Pari Motiwala O’Donnell & Tim O’Donnell

Omaha Public Power District

SilverStone Group

Paul & Annette Smith

Connie and Richard Spellman

TEAM Software

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Valmont Industries

Connie and Richard Spellman

TEAM Software

University of Nebraska Medical Center

BIG THANKS TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS IN CHANGE!

City of Omaha, Mayor Jean Stothert

Douglas County, Community Based Aid

Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

Holland Foundation

Peter Kiewit Foundation

Lozier Foundation

Mammel Family Foundation

Millard Foundation

Mutual of Omaha Foundation

Nebraska Children & Families Foundation

Omaha Community Foundation

Pacific Life Foundation

Phillip & Terri Schrager Foundation

William & Ruth Scott Family Foundation

The Sherwood Foundation

Weitz Family Foundation

FUNDING SUPPORTIn-Kind Contributions $72,174

Total Income $452,586

Hosted 500+ guests in August of 2015 to hear

Dr. Kent Pekel, CEO of the Minnesota-based

Search Institute.

Launched 2nd annual city-wide Mentor

Recruitment Campaign which resulted

in 548 new mentors recruited. Since

2012, there has been a 30% increase

in new mentor matches as a result of

MMP’s collaborative campaign

Collected data to demonstrate:

> Adherence to evidence-based practices

> Impact of clients served

> Gaps in mentoring services

> 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

> Increased capacity of multiple

mentoring agencies including

2 new member mentoring programs:

Bike Union Mentoring Program

and the YMCA Reach and

Rise Mentoring Program

IN 2015...MENTORING BY THE NUMBERS

PILOTED INTENTIONAL MENTORING PROJECTS TO SERVE MORE AT-RISK YOUTHMMP 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.

MMP launched a project to serve all African American 6th grade males living

in Omaha’s 68111 zip code area. This is a partnership with the Omaha Public

Schools, the Empowerment Network and local mentoring partners.

“(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

“If YIM continues to show

positive results, it could be a

boon to mentoring programs

that currently struggle to meet

the demand for volunteer

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

MIDLANDS MENTORING PARTNERSHIP

115 S. 49th Avenue | Omaha, NE 68132 | 402.715.4175

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MMP’S FULL PARTNER MEMBER AGENCIESBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands

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

BOARD AND STAFFJULIE HEFFLINGERMMP Board President Community Volunteer

JOHN EWINGMMP Board Vice President Douglas County Treasurer

KATHY CLARKMMP Board Treasurer FBG Services

JOSH BARTEEMMP Board Secretary Enterprise Bank

RICK SPELLMAN, J.D.MMP Executive Committee Member at Large University of Nebraska Medical Center

OVELL BARBEEBlue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska

JEREMY CHRISTENSEN , J.D.Baird Holm LLP

VERNON DANIELS, J.D.Juvenile Court of Douglas County

GREG GONZALEZOmaha Police Department

KENNY McMORRISCharles Drew Health Center

ASHLEY ROBINSON, J.D.University of Nebraska

CHRIS RODGERSCreighton University & Douglas County Board of Commissioners