Creative Healing for Youth in Pain

Modern science has shown strengthening the mind/body connection plus social support (aka the biopsychosocial model) are the tools needed to change chronic pain. Utilizing this model, CHYP serves adolescents and young adults aged 13-24 who are dealing with chronic pain stemming from a variety of conditions and/or illnesses without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender or sex. Through a series of on-demand and live web-based including monthly webinars, summer camp, creative healing experiences, and peer community/connection opportunities monitored by licensed psychologists, CHYP is able to empower youth to "unstick" their sticky neural loop and navigate pain via scientifically proven, non-clinical interventions. CHYP also curates resources and programming for the parents and caregivers of our target population to strengthen the support base for youth coping with chronic pain. 100% of our programs are free to participants.

Increasing outreach through marketing, collaboration with doctors and other 501(c)3 organizations, social media presence and word of mouth.

Diversifying revenue streams to support growth and programs

Capturing additional metrics to illustrate impact and fine tune programming to meet the needs of our populations served.

With a committed Board of Directors, increased networking, a new website and improved operational systems current programming. which has proven to be effective, can be scaled to reach more youths and their families multiplied by an increased presence in the digital space.

We have been experiencing steady growth since 2019, and expect this trend to continue, especially with increased marketing efforts and a better web design for delivery.