Collaborative Healing Initiative Within Communities

Collaborative Healing Initiative within Communities (CHIC) helps families break intergenerational cycles of poverty. Our mission is to build women's economic, social, and cultural capital because powerful women build healthy families and thriving communities. We do this by operating four programs-CHIC education programs provide mind-body-spirit mentorship and education for youth, building positive identity, mindfulness, and self efficacy to increase school engagement and success-CHIC Workforce programs help women plan, pursue, and persist on pathways to employment in high-earning, in-demand industries with low barriers to entry-CHIC Reentry programs provide mentorship and intensive case management for women and girls exiting the prison and juvenile justice systems-CHIC Community Development programming supports ongoing community development. CHIC events bring families and service providers together to increase access to community resources and facilitate social connections and cohesion.