Justice For Girls Coalition Of Washington State

Program Development Offered online Girls Advocacy & Impact Network (GAIN) Programming. GAIN equipped girls with tools, support and skills they need to effectively influence the policies that directly impact their lives. Facilitated by youth of color, the GAIN program provided advocacy training to 20 members in Pierce, King and Yakima counties. Offered the Skills for Healing, Inclusion, and Nurturing Empowerment for Girls* (SHINE) program. SHINE disrupts the gendered and racialized truancy-related pathways that push girls into court contact by providing girls an opportunity to learn about their identity, values, and self-worth, and to build skills with and from others who look like them and have similar cultural identities. They have access to crisis support and mental health assistance as well. We currently offer a girls group at Foss and Lincoln High Schools in Tacoma 2024/2025 school year. Continued on Schedule O...

JFGs Training & Assessment Efforts JFG supported DCYFs Juvenile Rehabilitation ongoing efforts to create a safe environment where young women and girls can process their personal traumas while receiving support tailored to their unique needs. To gauge needed enhancement, during the last quarter of 2024, JFG held a series of online and in person meetings with key stakeholders, including residents and staff. Using a gender-responsive race equity standards assessment to center the discussion, JFG examined current training, programs, and services to determine their effectiveness and identify areas for improvement to build essential skills and relationships for successful adulthood.