Project
Community Healing and Intervention Program (CHIP)
Principal Investigator(s): Elaine Gordon, Support and Education Consultant, phone: 250-489-4563, email: chip@kktc.bc.ca
Start/End Date: 1991 to date
Location: Cranbrook, BC
Brief Description: CHIP began as a five year initiative of the Ktunaxa Nation and the Kinbasket People to prevent prenatal alcohol exposure and to provide culturally sensitive, holistic services to support Aboriginal children (1-12) and youth (13-29) who are affected with FASD and live in the east Kootenays. Using a community development approach to address the needs of children, adults and families with FASD, it has continued on as a broad based community prevention and intervention program working with partners to create a regional community that understands FASD. CHIP activities include workshops, support groups, provision of direct education and life skills support in the schools and community, case management and treatment planning, consulting to the capacity building process and advocating for supportive programming in schools, job training settings, and community organization. It is moving into direct one-to-one support service delivery to adults as its primary focus.
Time Frame: ongoing
Kind of Project: implementation
Population Served: urban and rural aboriginal
Publications: The Story of CHIP: A Community Healing and Intervention Program; yearly evaluations done; Koch Research Consulting evaluation report December 2004 available.
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