PASADENA - FOOTHILL VALLEY YWCA

YWCA PASADENA-FOOTHILL VALLEY'S GIRLS' EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS WERE OPERATED BY PARENT ORGANIZATION, YWCA GLENDALE & PASADENA AND INCLUDE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING: GIRLS' CIRCLE (A STRUCTURED, WEEKLY AFTER SCHOOL SUPPORT GROUP FOR GIRLS 12-15 USING AN EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUM), TECHGYRLS (A BI-WEEKLY AFTER SCHOOL ROBOTICS WORKSHOPS AND STEAM EDUCATION LEARNING SERIES FOR GIRLS 10-15), AND CAMP ROSIE: GIRLS ON THE RISE (OUR SIGNATURE SUMMER CAMP FOCUSED ON THE FOUR FOCUS AREAS OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS & LIFE SKILLS, STEAM EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND ARTS & CULTURE PROGRAMMING FOR GIRLS 10-16). THESE INTERCONNECTED PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO FOSTER CONNECTION, INCREASE PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE STRENGTH, BUILD RESILIENCY PRACTICES, AND DEVELOP APPLIED KNOWLEDGE GROWTH SO GIRLS CAN DREAM BIG AND PURSUE PATHWAYS OF PERSONAL AND EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS SUPPORTED AS PART OF A COMMUNITY OF CARE.THE GIRLS SERVED THROUGH OUR EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS ARE PRIMARILY STUDENTS OF COLOR; 29% ARE HISPANIC/LATINO/A; 15% ARE WHITE/CAUCASIAN, NON-ARMENIAN AND ARMENIAN; 15% ARE ASIAN/ASIAN AMERICAN; 10% ARE BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN; 13% ARE OTHER OR MULTI-RACIAL, 3% PREFERRED NOT TO SELF-IDENTIFY, AND 15% DID NOT PROVIDE INFORMATION. BASED ON STATE INCOME LIMITS 2024, 43% OF GIRLS COME FROM FAMILIES SELF-CERTIFIED AS ACUTELY LOW TO LOW INCOME, 21% MEDIAN TO MODERATE INCOME, AND 36% DID NOT PROVIDE INFORMATION. DURING FISCAL YEAR 24-25 WE SERVED 52 GIRLS FROM PASADENA, ALTADENA, SIERRA MADRE AND COLLECTIVELY WITH OUR PARENT ORGANIZATION, WE SERVED 136 GIRLS ENROLLED IN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INCLUDING PROVIDING VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION TO 92 GIRLS ENROLLED AND IN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP.