Their work may have relevance to your project idea. County and City Databook Contains statistical information from the U.S. Census Bureau on agriculture, civilian labor force and employment, construction, crime, education, health, housing, land area and population, manufactures, money income and poverty status, social welfare programs and other vital statistics. Data can be scanned on a national, regional, state, county or city basis. All U.S. cities with populations of greater than 25,000 are included. Perhaps you could interview someone at one of these places who has expertise about your topic of interest.
Statistical evidence can be very persuasive.
If they are, perhaps a community sports program targeting at-risk girls would be helpful. Just from a common sense standpoint, the idea seems reasonable and worth pursuing. The next the task would be to find research about sports participation influencing the ability for girls to refuse to become involved in destructive behaviors. Perhaps the link might be between sports participation and self-esteem. It could be in journal articles or government reports.