• What is the process for developing gender-specific policies?
  • Policies That Encourage Gender Specific Programming
  • Common Steps In Policy Development
• What is the process for program development?
• What does gender-specific programming look like in practice?

Programs rooted in the experience of girls offer the most promising approach to treating and preventing female delinquency. National policy encourages the development of gender-specific programming, designed to get and keep adolescent girls on a positive developmental track. Development of such programs at the state and local level involves high-level administrative commitment and a plan to address girls' specific needs. Comprehensive programs provide a continuum of gender-specific services, while also encouraging protective factors that make girls more resilient.

Guiding Principles for Promising Female Programming	October 1998