Children’s Institute, Inc. (CII) serves more than 22,000 children and their families in the city’s most challenged neighborhoods, and trains more than 9,000 professionals in the realm of child development, mental health and welfare.
Children’s Institutes’ two generation approach strengthens individuals, families, and communities for healing, wellness, and success. They offer high-quality early education and youth programs, counseling services, parenting supports, workforce and community leadership development and advocacy. CII provides healing so traumatized children can recover and lead healthy lives, while working to shape the field of children’s services through innovative research, demonstration projects, and professionally accredited training programs.