Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore Brothers provides culturally responsive mentoring, youth development, education, life skills, workforce support, restorative practices, and alternatives to youth justice for Baltimore's young people.
Measured since 2017
Baltimore Brothers has tracked program performance since 2017 across community-based, school-based and juvenile-justice programming.
862
Gross Youth Service Count
2017–2026 + FY2027 YTD
Historical gross service count plus current FY2027 enrollment. Not unique participants.
Source: Baltimore Brothers Impact Study 2017-2026 and FY2027 enrollment records
738
Community / Public-Funded Youth
2017–2026
Community-based and publicly funded programming.
Source: Baltimore Brothers Impact Study 2017-2026
100
Youth Served in DJS Detention Programming
2017–2026
Life skills, self-improvement and reentry programming in detention settings.
Source: Baltimore Brothers Impact Study 2017-2026
24
Youth Currently Enrolled
FY2027 year to date
Active enrollment across community, school and detention settings.
Source: FY2027 year-to-date enrollment records and Google Form registration tracker
Figures reflect gross program service counts and may include participants served across multiple program settings. Where labeled, the gross count includes FY2027 current enrollment. Research methodology and definitions are available in our Impact Study.
Evidence
Baltimore Brothers publishes its own program data, defines every measure, and states plainly what the data can and cannot show.
Featured publication
A retrospective analysis of community-based mentoring, educational engagement, youth justice diversion, life skills development, and reentry support in Baltimore.
This retrospective program evaluation describes observed program performance and outcomes. It does not claim causal effects because no randomized or comparison-group design was used.
Program model
Three connected stages — identification, empowerment, engagement — delivered in community, school and detention settings.
Theory of change
What we put in, what we do, and what we expect to change — stated in order, stage by stage. Expand a stage to see its parts.
Programs
Seven program lines, running in community, school and detention settings across Baltimore.
Mentoring
Culturally grounded mentoring, rites of passage, accountability, discipline, emotional regulation, leadership, boxing, martial arts, and personal development.
Program detailsWorkforce
Life skills, employment preparation, career exploration, entrepreneurship, etiquette, nutrition, hygiene, and workforce readiness.
Program detailsMentoring
Relationship-centered support for youth navigating school, family, community, and personal challenges.
Program detailsViolence prevention
Conflict resolution, mediation, de-escalation, restorative circles, and community-based alternatives.
Program detailsEducation
Tutoring, school engagement, attendance support, teacher coordination, credit recovery, and re-engagement.
Program detailsYouth justice
Life skills, self-improvement, reentry preparation, family engagement, and youth support in juvenile justice environments.
Program detailsLeadership
Peer leadership, service projects, training, civic engagement, and pathways into paid mentorship.
Program detailsYouth justice
Baltimore Brothers works across the full path a young person can take through the youth-justice system.
100
Youth served in DJS detention programming
2017–2026
Gross service count across detention-based programming. Youth may be served in more than one setting.
Source: Baltimore Brothers Impact Study 2017-2026
Stories
Each story follows one young person from the challenge they faced to a documented outcome.
Restorative Practices & Conflict Mediation · 2024
Facing expulsion at 16 after a cafeteria fight, Deon went through a restorative conference, trained in peer mediation, and now co-facilitates lunchtime circles.
Remained enrolled in school with no further recorded incidents; accepted into a pre-apprenticeship carpentry program.
Name shown: Deon. Youth identities are protected; first names or anonymized names are used unless authorization is documented.
Partnership
Public agencies, schools, funders, community organizations and employers each carry part of this work.
Governor's Office of Children · Maryland Department of Juvenile Services · Baltimore City Public Schools · Baltimore City Mayor's Office · Family League of Baltimore · Baltimore City Youth Funds · Annie E. Casey Foundation · ABLE Foundation · We Our Us · Let's Thrive Baltimore · Catherine's Family & Youth Services Inc · Learning How! Child Development Center · T. Rowe Price Foundation · Win Waste Innovations · Coppin State University · Morgan State University · Bowie State University
Corporate partnership
Each sponsorship maps to a program line, a number of young people and a stated outcome goal.
Sponsor a cohort, refer a young person, bring programming into your school, or support the work directly.
