Why Girls Must Matter: PACE Center for Girls Mary Marx, President & CEO Nona C. Jones, Chief External Affairs Officer Amelia Paz, PACE Alumnae

Presentation Overview What: The Statistics Who: PACE Center for Girls How: Program and Funding Model Why: Mia’s Story Where: Scaling PACE Results Nationally

WHAT: THE STATISTICS

Girls in Juvenile Justice In 2010 in the US 480,000 girls were arrested representing 29% of all juvenile arrests In 2010 in Florida, where arrest rates are 34% higher than the national average, 23,498 girls were arrested, representing 31% of all juvenile arrests

Girls in Juvenile Justice In 2010, the national arrest rate for girls for assault was at its highest in two decades, while boys was at its lowest Nationally, 78% of incarcerated girls have been sexually abused and 70% have a mental health disorder

Why Girls Become Delinquent Exposure to TRAUMA Physical and/or sexual VIOLENCE Mental and physical HEALTH problems Substance ABUSE Family INSTABILITY and conflict FAILURE in school, particularly middle school

Why Girls Must Matter GIRLS become women. Women BECOME MOTHERS. Girls and women are 51% of our population Girls of color are more likely to be victims of rape and/or sexual assault

Why Girls Must Matter Graduation rates disproportionately low and out- of-school suspension and expulsion rates disproportionately high among girls of color Girls with juvenile justice contact are 10 to 40 times more likely to become criminals as adults

Investment in Girls? $300 million for national public-private My Brothers Keeper partnership Overall foundation giving dedicated to girls and women remains below 7.5% for more than 15 years