Understanding the Needs of Girls and Young Women: A Collaborative Approach
Presented by: Mary Marx, President/CEO and Yessica Cancel, COO
OVERVIEW
• Impact of Trauma on Girls
• Principles and Practices that Work with Girls
• Pace’s Approach and Outcomes
• Addressing Trauma Among Girls in Oklahoma
TURNING DIFFICULT PASTS
INTO PROMISING FUTURES
IMPACT OF TRAUMA ON GIRLS AND
YOUNG WOMEN
IMPACT OF TRAUMA
PHYSICAL BEHAVIORAL COGNITIVE EMOTIONAL
Presentation Overview
• What is PACE Center for Girls?• Overview of PACE Model
• Why PACE?• Impact
• Return on Investment
What Works with Girls
GENDER-RESPONSIVE APPROACH
Safe environment
Holistic
Relationship-based
Strength-based Education and Skills
Health –based
STRENGTH-BASED APPROACH
TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS
EMPOWERMENT COLLABORATION W/MUTUAL GOAL-
SETTING
MOTIVATION AND HOPE
LEARNING AND EXPERIENTIAL
GROWTH
TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACH
SAFETY- ensuring physical and emotional safety
CHOICE- individual has choice and control
Collaboration- making decisions with the individual and sharing power
Trustworthiness- task clarity, consistency, and interpersonal boundaries
Empowerment- Prioritizing empowerment and skill building
THE PACE APPROACH
Values & Guiding Principles
• Honor the Female Spirit
• Invest in the Future
• Value the Wisdom of Time
• Act with Integrity and Positive Intent
• Embrace Growth & Change
• Focus on Strengths
• Exhibit Courage
• Seek Excellence
• Create Partnerships
PACE PROGRAM MODELS
REACH DAY PROGRAM DIVERSION REACH
Early Intervention Diversion
• Girls have 3 or more risk factors • Girls have 3 or more risk factors
• Girls are experiencing high levels of school failure
• Girls are demonstrating behaviors placing them at high risk for court or system involvement
• Girls have 3 or more risk factors
• Girls are court or system involved
Intensive Intervention
School, family, or child-welfare or Department of Juvenile Justice
referral
School, family, child-welfare or court or Department of Juvenile
Justice referral
State Attorney’s office or court judges referral
• Weekly interventions
• 5-8 months*
• Full-day program
• 9-12 months
• Multiple Weekly interventions
• 5-8 months*
Program dosage:
REACHDAY
PROGRAMDIVERSION
REACH
Academic school day
Individual assessment and care planning
Individual gender-responsive, trauma informed, strength-based counseling / therapy
Case management +
Group counseling / therapy +
Spirited Girls! Curriculum
Family engagement activities
Family counseling / therapy +
Planning for continuity of care
Incorporating values and guiding principles
Service learning
Restorative justice
Transition planning
Follow-up
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
STRENGTHENING THE SYSTEM OF CARE FOR GIRLS
Collaborative group
Girls Coordinating Council is
comprised of community
stakeholders engaged in
supporting reform activities
geared towards helping girls
avoid juvenile justice system
involvement
Data-driven
approach
Identify issues affecting girls
who are at risk of delinquency
or system involved in the
community using administrative
data
Strategies to
address local issues
Turn the Curve Report:
Develop strategies to address
issues identified in local
community, inclusive of
relevant Pace models
15.2AVERAGE AGE
OF GIRLS ENROLLED
2353GIRLS SERVED
IN THE FISCAL YEAR2018-2019
74%WERE FAILING
ONE OR MORE CLASSES PRIOR TO ATTENDING PACE
84%IMPROVED ACADEMICALLY
AT PACE
95%NO INVOLVMENT
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMAFTER PACE
74%BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES
BEFORE PACE
94%IMPROVED BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES AT PACE
95%NO INVOLVEMENT
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMAFTER PACE
PACE OUTCOMES
Day Program Reach Program
“The encouragement and empowering messages I received at Pace helped me overcome my past trauma and provided me with the confidence I needed to make my dreams a reality.”
Daniela Deas- Broward
21%PRIOR JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEMINVOLVEMENT
89%WERE IN SCHOOL, HIGHER
EDUCATION OR EMPLOYED
AFTER COMPLETING PACE
919GIRLS SERVED
IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019
14.6AVERAGE AGE
OF GIRLS ENROLLED
27%PRIOR JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEMINVOLVEMENT
PUBLIC POLICY
OUTCOMES
PUBLIC POLICY OUTCOMES
“I found Pace at a very vulnerable time in my life. There I found the hope and the potential to overcome the circumstances I had been dealt.” - Sajan, Volusia-Flagler
20,388
17,182
14,909
12,81012,020
10,6569,712
9,197
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Intake of Girls to Florida’s DJJ
Pace’s work in influencing systems has
contributed to a 55% decline in intake
of girls to Florida’s DJJ over the past 9
years.
Girls Court
Broward County Court – 17th Judicial Circuit Court
“Girls are being pushed into the court system due to their victimization.
As women, they are being incarcerated because we, as a system, never effectively addressed their trauma.
This is why Girls Court was established. Together, with our Girls Court partner, the Pace Center for Girls, and other community providers, we try to address the underlying trauma which may contribute to maladaptive behaviors.”
-Judge Stacy Ross
PACE LOCATIONS
Oklahoma’s Data Story
21%
29%
US
OK State
Two or more ACEs
13%16%16%
21%
15%
20%17%
23%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
People in poverty Children in poverty
US OK State Tulsa OK City
8%
15%
US
OK
Children Who Experienced Having a Parent or Guardian in Jail
41%
21% 22%
44%
28% 30%
Felt sad orhopeless
Consideredsuicide
Bullied in SchoolProperty
Youth Behavior Surveillance Survey
US OK
85% 83%78%
73%
US OK State Tulsa OK City
High School Graduation Rates (2017)
15%19%
Male Female
OK State Incarceration Growth Rate (2009-2015)
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