Rules for Expansion
The following guidelines have been established for the expansion of Women’s Foundation of Arkansas’s Girls of Promise™ program:

1)  The first step for anyone interested in bringing Girls of Promise to their town/campus is to review the Girls of Promise section of the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas website and the "Committee Structure & Responsibilities" portion of the Girls of Promise Tool Kit©.
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2)  Each Girls of Promise conference is hosted on the campus
of a 4-year* college or university that offers accredited ESTEM
courses.  These host sites are known as Campus Partners and
are required to sign WFA’s Girls of Promise Campus Partnership Agreement.  Included in this agreement is a commitment to donate the facility, noon meal and other on-campus resources needed for the conference.

3)  At least three individuals, including a representative from the potential Campus Partner, are required to demonstrate community interest, support & involvement by committing to serve on a preliminary Local Committee by signing WFA’s Girls of Promise Local Committee Agreement.  Included in this agreement is a commitment to raise $2,500 in support of Girls of Promise. 

4)  All committee members are required to sign a Local Committee Member Commitment Form.

5)  Each Local Committee chair and/or co-chair must attend an annual training at WFA’s office and monthly teleconference check-ins.  If Local Committee chair and co-chair are unable to attend a required event/activity, another committee member must attend in her place, fully prepared to participate, provide required committee updates, and report back to chair/co-chair.

6)  Conference sizes may range from 50 (minimum attendance goal) to 150 (maximum attendance goal) female 8th-grade students.  Local committees are required to actively recruit conference attendees within 50 miles of Campus Partner.

7)  Girls of Promise conferences are held on Saturdays in the spring of each year.  Application for a new conference must be made at least 12 months in advance.


*Exception: Colleges and universities who signed Campus Partnership Agreement before Aug 1, 2011.
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