At Girls Inc., we provide:

A daily environment that is safe, nurturing and reliable.

Every school day we provide safe transportation to our centers. During the summer we have pick up sites at local schools. We provide a hot dinner during the school year; during the summer we provide breakfast, lunch, and a snack. We help with homework every single day. We provide paper, pencils, dictionaries, computers, encyclopedias, markers, calculators and other tools the girls may need to get their homework done. We also provide adults – staff and volunteers, to help with homework. We staff both of our centers with caring, nurturing adults who want the girls to succeed. We provide counseling services for girls who may need help with mental health issues, family problems, social adjustment issues, conflict resolution and more.

The girls can count on the routine schedule of the days, the weeks, and the months and, for many, the years at Girls Inc. We establish the rituals that young people count on to give meaning and context to their lives and to help them mature into confident, self-sufficient adults.

Educational programs.

Programs are provided in the following core areas: Health & Sexuality, Career & Life Planning, Self Reliance & Life Skills, Culture & Heritage, Sports & Adventure, and Leadership & Community Action. We offer national research-based, age-appropriate curriculum in each of our six core program areas.

We partner with local organizations to provide wonderful programs and opportunities that are unique to Omaha such as art lessons at the Joslyn, horseback riding at Take Flight Farms, acting classes at The Rose, and real-life job opportunities for teens at infoUSA.

Opportunities for life experiences they wouldn’t otherwise have and to simply have some fun.

Girls get to go camping, make s’mores, go to the opera, get library cards, and have sleepovers. They get to play on a supervised playground, have pizza parties, compete on a soccer team, and bake cookies. They go to the Zoo and the Omaha Children’s Museum. They get to give each other manicures and pedicures. They garden and dance and sing. They participate in talent shows and mock elections. Our members have traveled cross county to Washington, D.C., Colorado, South Dakota, New Orleans, and New York.