Goals and Objectives for the Coalition

Goal 1: Advocate for all girls through systematic, state-wide policy change

• Objective 1.1: Identify priorities based on survey and girls’ voices
• Objective 1.2: Identify, screen, analyze, prioritize, endorse or oppose proposed legislation
• Objective 1.3: Write bills and lobby policymakers to get girl-positive legislation passed

Goal 2: Empower girls to advocate for themselves

• Objective 2.1: Coordinate and promote girls identifying their priorities
• Objective 2.2: Coordinate and promote education for girls about advocacy
• Objective 2.3: Coordinate and promote opportunities for girls to advocate for themselves

Goal 3: Increase awareness of issues affecting all girls

• Objective 3.1: Create media campaign to increase awareness
• Objective 3.2: Implement media campaign to increase awareness

Goal 4: Create change in the cultural perception about girls’ rights and responsibilities

• Objective 4.1: Design and implement “Social Norms Campaign”

Goal 5: Provide network opportunities for Coalition members and constituents

• Objective 5.1: Create a resource guide regarding direct service organizations, locations, urban / rural opportunities and gaps
• Objective 5.2: Coordinate and promote professional and personnel training for coalition members and constituents

Goal 6: Conduct, expand and disseminate research on girls in Colorado

• Objective 6.1: Update 3 ten–year old reports
• Objective 6.2: Disseminate survey information
• Objective 6.3: Collect and catalog existing girls’ research in Colorado
• Objective 6.4: Map existing programs that serve girls

Goal 7: Increase public awareness of gender specific issues in the JJ system

• Objective 7.1: Collect gender-specific research about girls in the juvenile justice system
• Objective 7.2: Compare and analyze utilizing Objective 1 data, differences and similarities between girls and boys (how treated, overall sentencing, prevention strategies, supervision strategies)
• Objective 7.3: Work with Public Awareness group to integrate issues of girls in juvenile justice system into their media campaign

Goal 8: Create positive change in how the Juvenile Justice System recognizes and responds to girls

• Objective 8.1: Collect and catalog existing promising effective practices and programs for girls in the juvenile justice system in Colorado
• Objective 8.2: Create and implement an educational program to specific individual and group stakeholders
• Objective 8.3: Identify possible public policy recommendations to give to other committees in the Coalition

Goal 9: Increase and improve access and availability to gender-specific services

• Objective 9.1: Identify gaps and barriers to gender-specific treatment services
• Objective 9.2: Develop action plan according to 9.1 outcomes
• Objective 9.3: Develop gender specific treatment rules for substance abuse (ADAD)
• Objective 9.4: Develop gender specific treatment rules for DYC