Best Kids Mentoring Program

Specialties

BEST Kids Mentoring Program™ is guided by the belief that all children are talented. Through our one-​on-​one volunteer mentoring, our extensive training, staff support and our experiential-​learning-​based peer group, we encourage our youth to discover and develop their unique skills and abilities. Beginning with children as young as six and continuing, as needed, until adulthood, BEST Kids Mentoring Program™ works to enable youth to develop a positive sense of self, to acquire teamwork and group social skills, and to become productive members of society.

History

Established in 2001.

BEST Kids was started in 2001 by Todd Leibbrand, who served as a Volunteer Advocate and a Court-​Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for over ten years to two boys in foster care in the District of Columbia. Todd saw the tremendous need for a positive adult role model in the boys’ lives and wanted to help other boys and girls in the same way. Todd now serves on the Board of Directors and many professionals and child advocates who have deep experience in working with and reaching this population still assist with the development of the program.