Describes new Girls Health in Girls Hands program.

1. Girls’ Health in
Girls’ Hands
A Project of the
Women’s Fund, a field of
interest fund of the
Community Foundation
for Monterey County

2. Girls’ Health in
Girls’ Hands
An initiative of the Women’s Fund
to give girls a voice in shaping their future and
an agenda for change
o Began as girl-led action research project led by 57 girls in 2009
o Surveyed 1,220 girls
o Identified needed health information and support services
o Produced Girls Health Action Plan
o Women’s Fund commitment to continue the momentum
o Grant to Unity Care in 2010 to develop three-year plan

3. GHGH Goals
Girls, in 6th – 12th grade (ages 11-18), living in Monterey
County will:
o Have better access to health information, support, and
services so they are able to make positive health and
lifestyle decisions in their lives.
o Be healthy, powerful young women who advocate for their
own health and well-being.
o Act as catalysts for positive change in the community,
advocating for the health and well-being of others.
Ultimately, create an integrated girl-centered
program model and leadership structure that is
sustainable in the long term

4. GHGH Collaborative
1. Boys and Girls Club – Smart Girls
2. Girls’ Inc. of Monterey County – Youth Leaders
3. Health Department – Postpone Program
4. Planned Parenthood – Peer Education Program
5. Monterey County Rape Crisis Center – My Life Club
6. YWCA – Youth Education and Advocacy Program

5. GHGH Core Components
Health Education Leadership
Advocacy
& Resources Development
• Emotional • Facilitation • Action Research
Health Skills • Girl-led Social
• Reproductive • Public Speaking Change
Health • Leadership • Mobilization
• Body Image Activities • Communication
• Healthy • Project
Relationships Management

6. GHGH Structure
Girls
Catalyst Support Collaborative Program
Movement
Boys and
Girls Club
GHGH Leadership Network
Girls Inc.
Evaluation Health
Women’s Collaborative
Department
Fund/CFMC Hub
Coordinator MCRCC
Practitioner
Learning Planned
Network Parenthood
YWCA

7. Roles and Responsibilities
•Grants to Partner Agencies
Women’s Fund/Community •Secures Co-investors
Foundation for Monterey •Holds the Strategic Vision
County •Unifies & Advances Initiative
•Manages Coordinator
•Provides Strategic Direction for GHGH
•Coordinates Shared Resources
Collaborative Hub •Monitors Partner Agency Programs
•Designs and Coordinates GHGH Activities
•Deliver Enhanced Programs
•Connect to Girls to GHGH
Partner Agencies •Share Resources
•Supports Countywide Programming
•Participates in Practitioner Learning Network
•Convenes Hub and Practitioner Learning Network
•Ensures progress on GHGH Priorities
Coordinator •Organizes GHGH Leadership Network Activities
•Communicates and Promotes GHGH Brand

8. 2012 – 2013 Budget
• $90,000 Agencies
o $15,000 grants to six sites
• $25,000 Coordination
o Includes $20,000 for
coordinator and $5,000 for
meeting expenses and
Practitioner Learning Network
• $20,000 Evaluation
o Monterey County Health Dept.
• $15,000 GHGH
Leadership Network
o Includes launch event, Spring
summit, website, swag/brandin
g

9. Impact Year 1
• Approximately 280 GHGH girls will be engaged in
leadership activities
• 32 groups of girls around Monterey County
• Over 3,000 youth will receive peer health education
Boys
and
High Middle Girls
School School Club Total
Salinas 9 3 1 13
Peninsula 5 4 1 10
North
County 2 1 0 3
South
County 4 2 0 6
Total 20 10 2 32

10. Milestones
May June July Sep – Oct November April or June 2013
• WF Impact •Grant •START UP •Programs •GHGH May 2013 •Evaluation
Year One
Committee Agreements •Coordinator Begin Launch •GHGH Completed
& CFMC •Coordinator in Place •Plan Launch Event Summit
Board •Year Two
Hired •Practitioner Event
Approve Plan
•Evaluation Learning Approved
Plan and Contract Network
Grants Convened
•Evaluation
Begins

11. Long-term Outcomes
• Improved health
outcomes and positive
health behaviors
• Increased leadership
and participation in
health action projects
• Increased feeling of
empowerment and the
ability to make
changes in their own
lives and advocate for
changes for others

12. Long-term Outcomes
• Increased effectiveness • More policies and
or girls-serving practices that support
organization at girls health and well-
supporting and being, especially in
schools
promoting girls health
• Monterey County has
• More effective improved as a
utilization of agency community that
resources and greater supports girls’ healthy
impact through lives and lifestyle
collaboration choices

13. Inputs and Outputs
Health Other Girls
Education
Leadership
Development Schools
&
Self Organiz
ations
Leadership
Advocacy
Activities Policy Systems
Skills
Girls Create Change