SPIRIT OF THE
SEASON Celebrating With Our Youth & Young Adults
2021
Our special thanks to everyone whose support of CHRIS 180 made the holiday season special, including but not limited to:
J.C. Kennedy Foundation Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation Macy’s Georgia-Pacific Genuine Parts Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta For the Kid in All Of Us Grady Cares Atlanta Falcons The Honorable T. Jackson Bedford, Jr.
A MESSAGE FROM OUR TEAM At CHRIS 180, we make the holiday season special for every youth we serve. Every holiday season, we invite youth in our foster homes and our Summit Trail Apartments for young adults aging out of foster care or experiencing homelessness to reflect on what they’re grateful for and their goals. Then we come together to celebrate the season and remind them of how far they have come and the exciting things that lie ahead. Our team works hard year-round to meet them where they are, to understand their trauma and give them the support they need to heal and move toward the future they want. This booklet includes their reflections, in their own words. We are excited to give you a window into their hopes for the future and the new year. Every day, thanks to friends like you we provide them with the therapy, safe homes and individualized support they need to grow into the people they want to be. And thanks to you, they’ll celebrate the holidays with joy and gifts of their own. We are so proud to do this work together. Thank you for being part of our village. Gratefully,
Ryan Mack, M.Ed
Program Director, JourneyZ
Kenesha Barksdale, BS, CLC Program Manager, TransitionZ
OUR L OCATIONS
FULTON
CHRIS Counseling Center North Fulton
I-75
GA-400
COBB
CHRIS Counseling Center Gwinnett
I-85
GWINNETT
CHRIS Counseling Center DeKalb TREE House Substance Abuse Day Treatment
Gwinnett
Rock Shadow Westside Empowerment Center At-Promise Youth & Community Center
I-20
CHRIS Counseling Center Adamsville
DOUGLAS
At-Promise – South
Sherwood
Gateway
Stephenson
DEKALB
Cure Violence Atlanta
Fulton Club House
DeKalb
I-20 Gateway
I-675
Fulton CHRIS Counseling Center Oakhill
Ellenwood
FULTON I-75 I-85
CLAYTON
Metro Atlanta Locations Center of Excellence, Family Preservation, Wraparound Services, Counseling Center, Integrated Health Clinic, Summit Trail Apartments and Drop-In Center
CHRIS Counseling Locations
Foster Homes Gateway Foster Homes School-Based Counseling Locations
With your help, in 2020 CHRIS 180 served more children, youth, adults and families than ever before. KEY RESULTS BY AGE
16,067
2020 Served and Trained y ge
2,500
Total served and trained
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
Percentage Served, By Gender
BY GENDER 0 + 5 6
4 6 -0 5 9 4 -0 4 9 3 -1 3 0 3 -5 2 4 2 -8 1 7 16 1 5 14 1 3 111
re d n U
0 16
6
BY RACE/ETHNICITY Femal
Black: 11,647 White: 1081 Hispanic: 449 Multi-Racial: 155 Other: 178
Mal Male e 50%
Female e 49%
Gender NonConforming 1%
3,762
served in CHRIS Counseling Centers
18,410
therapy sessions
88% of
clients reached treatment goal
89% revealed
contributing traumatic events during initial treatment session
305
Served through Community Health Workers
1,145 children served through School-Based Mental Health
2,553
Individual Calls to Westside HelpLine
1,187 family members served through wraparound services
3,486
Families placed in Safe Homes
3,797 community professionals
trained through CHRIS Training Institute
407
Youth served through At-Promise Youth & Community Center - Westside
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