Rhode Island Girls’ Coalition

contact
R.I. Girls' Coalition
c/o YWCA of GRI
99 Corliss Street
Providence, RI 02908
T: 401-831-YWCA
email: ywbranch@aol.com

Susan Sklar
Executive Director
email: ssklar@cox.net

big sisters of rhode island

845 Oaklawn Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
T: 401-943-7500 F: 401-943-0811
Email: mentoring@bigsistersri.org

Big Sisters of Rhode Island creates and supports one to one mentoring relationships between responsible, caring women of diverse backgrounds and girls in the community who are in need of extra support & guidance in their lives.

•	Encourages cultural strengths
•	Uses mentors
•	Gives girls time to speak out
•	Helps girls to develop trusting relationships with other girls and women
•	Educates girls about their own health, including mental health, nutrition and healthy sexuality
•	Allows girls a voice in program design
•	Provides community service
•	Interrelates with schools, educators, and a (K-16) school curriculum

Girls in the program range in age from 7 to 18, and include older girls who are transitioning out of the Rhode Island Girls' Training School. Case management services are provided to the girls & families who are involved in the program.

Other current programs include Life Choices, an educational/support group for middle-school-aged girls, done within the schools as well as in the community. Another program is a school based mentoring program where female high school students are paired with local elementary and/or middle school girls in a mentoring relationship.

The program is statewide and includes a branch office in Newport on 4 Farewell Street, (401) 846-4406.

During School • After school • Weekend • Summer

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