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Big Sisters, Project BOLD

Project BOLD is school-based life skills training for adolescent girls in at-risk situations. It is designed to unleash the power of girls to be Bright, Outstanding, Lively, and Determined. Weekly sessions are held at the school to teach health and sex education, decision making, and career development skills in order to prevent drug abuse, early pregnancy, and to enable girls to make a successful transition to high school.


Population Grade: A-
-4.3 % Population Change
25.3 % Population Under 18 Years
 
Health Grade: B 
16.0 % Births to Teens
10.5 Infant Mortality Rate
59 % of Eligible Women not receiving Title X Services
2 Contraceptive Equity
7.3 % of Kids without Health Insurance
 
Education Grade: B+
71.2 % of Residents with a HS Diploma
81 Ratio of PopEd Teachers Trained
3 Sex Ed Data
33 % of Kids Proficient in Reading, Grade 4
30 % of Kids Proficient in Math, Grade 8
 
Community Grade: B+
16.4 % of Kids in Poverty
35.6 % Growth in Urbanized Land
1410 Rate of Violent Crimes
3 Recycling

 


OVERALL
B+
 
RANK
8
out of 20
Unranked Indicators
1,517,550  Population
 
4,337.1  City Density
 
6,188,463  MSA Population
 

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