Chic
Chic (chique) Behavioral Health and Community Services is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit youth organization dedicated to providing wrap around services and resources to youth and their families. Chic utilizes a trauma-informed care approach and a prosocial approach to serve our community. We realize the widespread impact of trauma and understand potential paths for recovery. We recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma in clients, families, staff, and others involved with the system. We are responding by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices; and seek to actively resist re-traumatization. We utilize a prosocial approach to offer natural ways to learn, practice, and strengthen life and social skills. These essential skills can boost mood and overall mental health and well-being. Prosocial activities can also have positive implications on self-esteem, the ability to collaborate, problem solve, build empathy toward self/others, and resilience.
Mission
To provide a supportive environment where youth will learn how to boost self-confidence, strengthen interpersonal relationships and cope more effectively with daily stressors.
Vision
Empowering youth to prosper in a safe, healthy and therapeutic environment. We strive to create an inclusive community where our focus is promoting social and emotional learning, health, and emotional wellbeing. We challenge youth to chase their dreams, embrace their authentic selves, build lasting relationships, and navigate life’s challenges with bravery and grace.
In-Depth Knowledge
Serving at-risk youth by providing youth prevention programs to those who have experienced a history of foster care involvement, child poverty, child abuse or neglect, human trafficking, and/or juvenile justice involvement. All of our services are skill-based interventions to assist in age-appropriate techniques to manage a child’s behavior in school, at home, and in the community. We use individualized services to focus on developing crucial life skills involving action-oriented interventions for both the child and their family.
Founder & Board
Christy Harmon
Founder & CEO
Taylor Hovey
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Kristen Herndon
Paralegal
Whitney Lang
Practice Manager
Staff
Javaria White
Youth Program Facilitator
DiSha Johnson
Youth Program Facilitator
Najah Spencer
Youth Program Facilitator
Jaymi Vander Linden
Administration and Operations Coordinator