Services
In a nurturing, home-like environment, youth receive trauma-informed care and wrap around
support that focuses on their individual needs. Girls Matter Too Group Home takes a holistic
approach to caring for youth who are in trauma by addressing their basic/physical, emotional,
academic, and wellness needs. Youth experience a family environment that includes…
Academic Support
- Tutoring programs
- After school educatioal support
Community Outgoings
- Movies
- Get togethers
- Walks
- Coffee runs
Family Style Meals
- Dinnertime as a family offers a great opportunity to simply talk and helps girls develop
social skills. - Dinnertime is a time of respite from the hustle-bustle fo everyday life.
- Dinnertime will allow the girls to bond.
Employment Readiness Training
Girls Matter Too will collaborate with Racine County Job center for youth employment services and workforce solution.
- Assistance with preparing a professional resume
- Work permits for job seekers who are under the age of 16 Work Permit Flyer.
- Online job application assistance.
- Interview techniques and preparation.
- Information on training and financial aid resources for skill development.
- Information on salaries, job market and companies.
Life Skills
Girls will focus on independent living skills, building self-esteem, anger management skills, problem solving, critical thinking, communication skills, decision-making, how to develop healthy relationships, and empathy and coping with stress skills.
Individual/group counseling and character development groups
- Provide a safe, secure, and nurturing environment for the girls.
- Provide behavioral, social and emotional counseling and monitor the overall progress of
the girls. - Create healthy relationships with the girls and engage with the girls to help find solutions
to their own challenges. - Work with the girls who have experienced trauma such as abuse or neglect to provide
therapy to help in the development of coping skills and improvement of quality of life. - Collaborate and participate in the creation of case plans that incorporate evidence-based
practices and trauma-informed care and science-aligned principles.
Mentoring Programs
Girls Talk provides a framework where teenage girls can meet together to find strength, learn new skills and create a network of support, which includes academic and employment. Community members (females) will be assigned to the girls with similar demographics. Mentors
and mentees participate in community activities, field trips, and weekly mentor meetings.
