OUR STORY
Girls Inc. of Alameda County is building a new generation of strong, smart, and bold leaders.
OUR IMPACT
In the 2024 –2025 School Year...
We served 1,650+ 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).
93%
of our 6th – 8th graders think it is important to put in their best effort while working on their goals.
100%
of seniors in our College Access Now (CAN) program graduated high school and were admitted to post-secondary institutions for the 11th consecutive year.
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:* Asian includes Chinese, Filipinx, Vietnamese & other Asian. 3% Caucasian, 2% Middle Eastern, 1% American Indian or Alaska Native. All other ethnicities are below 0.5%
Participants come from households with less access to certain education, social and financial resources
41%
Speak a language other than English at home
THE NEED
Only 26% of 3rd - 5th graders at Title I* schools in Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) met state standards for reading.
Students from low-income families are 75% less likely to go to college than students from well-off families.
The percentage of girls who believe they are good at math and science dropped 19% between 2017 and 2024.
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.
*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.
My favorite part of after school this year is that we got a lot of fun activities and the friends I made.
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