Programs

Through Girls Inc. Economic Literacy, girls learn about money and the economy, including how to manage, invest, and save money and how to help others through philanthropy. As girls explore how the economy affects everyone locally and globally, they develop skills critical to being financially savvy and to becoming economically independent adults. The following core components give girls a foundation for an economically independent adulthood and an understanding of key economic concepts at the individual, family, community, national, and global levels and of the impact that girls can have.

The Girls Inc. Mind + Body program runs out of both centers and in schools. It promotes and supports a whole health philosophy which recognizes that many factors, including physical and mental wellness, contribute to good health. The curriculum focuses on the wellness of both the mind and the body and teaches the building blocks of trauma-informed coping strategies such as mindfulness, movement, creativity, and connection. Girls learn skills to develop a healthy lifestyle.

Through Girls Inc. Project BOLD, girls learn skills and strategies to lead safer lives in their homes, in relationships, in their communities, and online. Girls learn specific self-defense techniques and how to seek out and talk to caring adults about personal and gender-based violence. Older girls also take on a community action project to advocate for a safer world for all women and girls.

Girls Inc. Operation SMART develops girls’ enthusiasm for and skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Through hands-on activities, girls explore, ask questions, persist, and solve problems. By interacting with women and men pursuing STEM careers, girls come to view these careers as exciting and realistic options for themselves. Girls Inc. Operation SMART is an approach that each organization can apply to its own programming. Girls Inc. organizations may also implement one or more of the following components that have been built around the SMART philosophy.

With Girls Inc. Academic Enrichment,  we know that for girls to reach their long-term goals, they need a firm foundation. We offer academic tutoring and literacy assistance in a unique one-on-one environment tailored to each girls’ needs.