Pace Center for Girls Hillsborough County

Pace Center for Girls in Hillsborough County has been serving the community since 1998. Our opening came during a year of mass expansion for Pace, Inc. whereas five Pace centers – Hillsborough, Alachua, Collier, Pinellas, and Treasure Coast - opened throughout the state that year. Pace Hillsborough opened its doors in Tampa serving 40 girls and, with community and state support, grew to serve more than 2,100 girls to date with their academic and social service needs.

We partner with a variety of community agencies including USF, DACCO, the Arts Council and Community Mental Health, to name a few, to provide our girls with a multitude of community resources to best meet their development and social service needs.

Pace Works is a comprehensive vocational and education program dedicated to impacting employability, vocational training and educational success of all girls enrolled in the Pace Center for Girls, Hillsborough program. The ultimate goal of the program is to provide the girls with the necessary tools to afford a high school diploma or GED, long term employability skills and successful transitions to the workforce, vocational trade or higher education in order to secure a brighter future.