PACE CONTACT INFORMATION

Rosene Johnson
Executive Director
445 Wymore Road
Winter Park, FL  32789
407-992-0456 X-4905

Eddie Hernandez
Academic Manager
445 Wymore Road
Winter Park, FL  32789
407-992-0456
407-636-1416

PACE History

PACE began in 1985 with one Center in Jacksonville, Florida serving 10 girls.  Today PACE includes 19 Centers throughout Florida that serve over 2,000 girls each year and PACE has changed the life trajectory of over 37,000 girls since its inception. PACE began as a community response to the realization that girls involved with the justice system were either being placed in programs designed for boys or placed further into the system for their own protection.  There were no effective alternatives.  Started by Vicki Burke and guided by the research-based recommendations which called for gender responsive programming, PACE created a new alternative to institutionalization or incarceration for girls.

PACE is now recognized as a national model for reducing recidivism and improving school success, employment and self-sufficiency amongst girls by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Children’s Defense Fund, National Mental Health Association, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

PACE AND MAH JONGG?

The Mah Jongg Group presents a check to Rosene Johnson, new Executive Director of PACE Orange.  This check marks $2000 that the group has given for the PACE Next Step Grant which aids recent graduates in their pursuit of further education or technical training.