Girls Incorporated

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Girls Incorporated

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Contact information:
1801 Peachtree St NE, Ste 200A
Atlanta, GA 30309

Website: girlsincatl.org

Mission/Goals: To inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold. Locally, Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta wants to be recognized as the premier organization that helps all girls realize their potential and exercise their rights.

Notes: Girls Incorporated develops research-based informal education programs that encourage girls to take risks and master physical, intellectual and emotional challenges. Major programs address math and science, careers and education, pregnancy prevention, media literacy, adolescent health, substance abuse prevention and sports participation.

Source(s): www.guidestar.org

From 2001-2003, Girls Inc. of Greater Atlanta served more than 7,000 girls. More than 2,000 girls are reached through the public schools.

Girls Inc. serves girls ages 6 to 18. Over 50% of girls served come from single-parent homes, with an average yearly income below $16,000.

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Type of Evaluation: Experimental

Note: The research sample did not include any Atlanta programs.

Objective: To determine the impact of Friendly PEERsuasion on substance abuse behaviors in girls.

Impact/Outcomes: The program was found to be most successful delaying substance use in younger participants: 22% of younger, treatment participants reported substance abuse compared to 34% in the control group. Younger participants were less likely to use "gateway" drugs. Participants also reported leaving situations where substance abuse was present more often than control group participants.

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