OUR STORY
Girls Inc. of Alameda County is building a new generation of strong, smart, and bold leaders.
WHO WE SERVE
Based in Oakland, CA, Girls Inc. of Alameda County responds to the unique needs of girls and their allies in the East Bay with less access to educational, social, and financial resources.
NOTE:* 10% Asian (Chinese, Filipinx, Vietnamese & other Asia), 2% Caucasian, 1% Middle Eastern, 1% Guamanian or Chamorro. All other ethnicities were below 0.5%.
Participants come from households with less access to certain education, social and financial resources
43%
Speak a language other than English at home​
THE NEED
Only 20% - 25% of elementary students in Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Title I* schools met state standards for reading.
40% or more students in OUSD’s Title I schools are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of the school year), significantly impacting their ability to succeed academically.
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According to the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 3 in 5 teen girls reported feeling consistently sad or hopeless for at least 2 consecutive weeks last year.
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*A Title I school is a school that receives federal funding under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to support students from lower financial resources. The goal of Title I funding is to help ensure that all children, regardless of economic background, have access to a high-quality education and meet state academic standards.
OUR IMPACT
In the 2023 –2024 School Year...
We served 1,747 youth from transitional kindergarten through early career, including our Alumnae as they navigate college and career, and our Apprentices in the
3x
Our students were 3x more
likely to be reading at grade
level than their peers not in our programs, and 6x more likely if they were English Language Learners (ELL).
94%
of our 6th – 8th graders think it is important to put in their best effort while working on their goals.
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100%
of seniors in our College Access Now (CAN) program graduated high school and were admitted to post-secondary institutions for the 10th consecutive year.
My favorite part of after school this year is that we got a lot of fun activities and the friends I made.
5TH GRADE PARTICIPANT
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