7.1% girls carried a weapon with them at least one day, and 2.9% girls have carried a weapon on school property
Urban Women Against Substance Abuse
- This program ended in 2001 but still distributes the curriculum: Empowered Voices: A Participatory Action Research Curriculum for Girls
- Community-based program that targets Puerto Rican, Latina, and African- and Caribbean-American girls (ages 9-12) and their female caregivers
- The program works with girls and their female caretakers (mother), dual sessions happen with both the girls and the adults
- The program lasts 28 weeks, working with 30 girls in two groups of 15
