For more than 40 years, Boys Hope Girls Hope has been helping scholars rise up from disadvantaged backgrounds and strive for more. In 16 cities across the US and Latin America, Boys Hope Girls Hope programs serve youth who want to go to college and create successful futures for themselves. They seek the academic resources, extracurricular opportunities, and mentor relationships we provide.

Boys Hope Girls Hope provides holistic poverty intervention for motivated youth with demonstrated need. BHGH programs are guided by a long-term commitment to and a deep investment in these young people—our scholars. We utilize an evidence-based program model that is further adapted to the needs of each affiliate location, but rooted in the following dynamics: ~Early intervention, before children's life trajectories are severely limited. ~Access to quality schools and expert academic support. ~A “community" of role-model staff and volunteers surrounding our children and their families and providing enrichment and support. ~Parent/Guardian involvement. ~Robust support beginning with admission to the program, continuing through college, and remaining available through career launch. ~Mind, body and spiritual development support. ~Stable and loving environment, including homes in residential programming and atmosphere in non-residential programming.

Boys Hope Girls Hope's international office is headquartered in Bridgeton, Missouri, just outside of St. Louis. The international office connects affiliates in fifteen different U. S. cities and three affiliates in Latin America. Each affiliate is independently incorporated, governed by its own board of directors, and responsible for its own fundraising. Affiliation and services agreements link the network through the international office and ensure mission fidelity, consistency in quality operations, and maximum functional capacity.

Boys Hope Girls Hope is data oriented and tracks outcomes of our scholars. Currently, 99% go to college, 90% annually persist toward degrees. The national average college persistence rate is 71. 2% (National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 2016). Since 2000, over 300 scholars have graduated from college.

Boys Hope Girls Hope is continually reviewing research on subjects relevant to providing the best care and support for our scholars and reaching desired outcomes. As an organization focused on learning and growth, we engage internal and external experts, utilize evaluation and best practices, and analyze trends and studies to inform our program environments, administration, hiring/staffing and curricula and their influence on positive scholar development.