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Thank you for stopping by the Girls Living Life On Purpose, Inc.^® (GLLOP) online home. Here you will informed, inspired and empowered.

We exist for one reason and one reason only. To empower adolescent girls with the mindset, tools and resources needed to successfully transition to womanhood with their purpose and destiny in mind. That's all we do plain and simple!

We accomplish our mission through group coaching, mentoring, character and leadership development, service learning, and empowerment events.

YOU may ask why we do this...

Here are some statistics to help you better understand why our organization exist.

In 2000, teenage birth rates were highest in Mississippi, Texas, Arizona, Arkansas and New Mexico.¹

Dallas County has the highest rate of teen pregnancy with South Dallas, Oak Cliff and Pleasant Grove leading the way. In 2003, 5,700+ births to girls ages 10-19 in Dallas County.²

1 out of every 58 fifteen year old girls gets pregnant.³

Although blacks represent 12% of the Texas population, they comprise 44% of the total prison and jail population.

–	While one out of every 20 Texas adults is under some form of criminal justice control, one out of 3 young black men (29% of the black male population between 21 and 29) are in prison, jail, parole or probation on any given day.
–	One out of every four adult black men in Texas is under some form of criminal justice supervision.⁴

WE Ask...

What is happening to the family?

Where is Daddy?

Dream Girl Where Are You?

Girls Living Life On Purpose, Inc. was birthed in 2005 to answer the cries of young girls everywhere particularly minority young girls in Dallas, TX. We focus on empowering young girls from the "inside-out" and encouraging them to Dream Big. They provide the dream and we provide the coaching, encouragement, resources and environment to start the process of making the dream a reality.

WE BELIEVE...A girl who understands that she was created for a purpose, A girl who understands the true essence of her being, A girl who understands her self-worth, A girl who believes that everything she needs to fulfill her divine assignment is lying dormant within her, simply waiting to be awakened and unleashed. A girl who understands all of this is a girl who will live her life on purpose… Come on in and see what we have to offer…

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¹ Guttmacher Institute/US Teen Pregnancy Statistics

² United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

³ Texas Department of State and Health Services

⁴ Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice

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