This program from Delaware YSA focuses on creating opportunities for girls of color from low-income communities to experience the game of soccer in a safe, supportive environment. The case study provides insights into the program model and shares learnings that other organizations can take away.

New Mexico APS Middle School League provides recreational opportunities for new soccer players while also creating pathways for teachers and community members to become coaches. The case study provides insights into the program model and shares learnings that other organizations can take away.

Maryland’s Let’s Play! program worked to transform the lives of participants by providing a safe, character building, community supported program that helps to teach social and emotional skills while fighting obesity and related illnesses. The case study provides insights into the program model and shares learnings that other organizations can take away.

AYSO’s ITG program expanded grassroots programming across Georgia to reach more players and coaches through innovative community models. The case study provides insights into how the program worked, and shares learnings that other organizations can take away.

901 Girls With Goals is dedicated to making middle and high school girls’ soccer in Memphis more accessible. The program is supported by Innovate to Grow (ITG) funding to increase education resources for youth coaches and referees, remove financial barriers of entry for participants in marginalized communities, increase participation opportunities for girls and women, and provide resources for an array of Disabled Service Organizations to make soccer more accessible to all.