Program areas at Alternatives for Girls
Shelter/transition to independent living program:1. The residential program served 94 young women, including 11 minors. 2. 32 unduplicated young women received aftercare services. 3. 16 young women served were pregnant at intake, 26 were parenting, and 9 were both pregnant and parenting. In addition to the pregnant and parenting mothers, 35 of their children lived with them in the program.4. 6,207 nights of care were provided to the young women and their children.5. Participants were provided counseling, case management, life skills, and parenting groups. In addition, the parents participated in workforce development groups and a summit.
Community-based prevention program:1. 166 Girls and young women participated in after-school workshops, mentoring, and the summer program.2. 200 hours of after-school tutoring and homework assistance were provided to 65 participants.3. 108 hours of summer programming were provided to 47 girls.4. 2 hours of staff-led after-school programming were provided.5. 40 high school young women were employed in the summer program.
Outreach and education program:1. 891 participants directly served across regular programming; 7,357 received food.2. 694 individuals were seen in the crisis resource center.3. 7,740 referral and information handouts were distributed on the streets or in community outreach. 4. 3,168 sewing education and job skill training hours were provided via sew great detroit.
Housing stability program
Early childhood education program