Collaborative Healing Initiative within Communities (CHIC)

Collaborative Healing Initiative within Communities helps families break intergenerational cycles of poverty. Driven by our mission, CHIC serves Black, Latina, and Multiracial women, girls and families who face barriers to success. CHIC offers education, workforce, reentry and community programming.

Testimonials

CHIC student, East HS
"CHIC is the class that I use for my everyday life. We have a deep relationship with each other. We learn about respect for ourselves and others, and also how to deal with real life situations. We even learn about history. We learn to empower each other as African American women and be better."

Principal of Manual High School (Joe)
"I have known many students who have benefited greatly from enrollment in CHIC, and it has been a pleasure working with them. I have seen positive impacts on students in the areas of confidence, interpersonal relationships, academic performance, and leadership skills."

Asst. Principal East High School (Shawne Anderson)
"CHIC's program resulted in 100% reduction in behavior referrals and an average increase in GPA. We look forward to continuing to partner with CHIC, both with our existing programs and finding ways to increase programming during the summer, school breaks, and after school to better serve the East community."

CHIC client, Pre Apprenticeship Cohort
"This program was a saving grace for me. The opportunity to learn new skills and new purpose is something I've been looking for. I never knew about mindfulness, and now I know how important it is and how to use it more in my life. Everybody I have met while being in this program have made me feel loved and see more in me than I saw in myself."