Christy Harmon, Founder & CEO
Christy Harmon is the CEO and Founder of Chic Behavioral Health and Community Services, a youth-based development program designed to remove barriers for female success. With heavy emphasis on trauma informed care, Christy has managed to motivate and redirect some of the most troubled youth with her engaging and relevant programs. Her clientele includes various types of youth organizations including but not limited to the Boys and Girls Club of Central Iowa, Des Moines Public Schools, Ankeny Community Schools, and Juvenile Court Services. Christy serves on several committees where her voice and initiatives are heard including CPPC (Community Partnerships for Protecting Children), Iowa Task Force for Young Women, Four Oaks Diversity Council, and African American Case Consultation Review Team. Christy keeps wellness the focus of her work, collaborations, ideas, innovation, and suggestions. Christy has seen wellness being done wrong for families and their youth and has an entire program and organization mapped out to be that solution.
Our Story
Chic Behavioral Health and Community Services is a 501(c)3 nonprofit youth organization dedicated to providing resources and services to youth, their families, and young women who are at risk or have experienced a history of foster care involvement, child poverty, child abuse or neglect, human trafficking, and/or juvenile justice involvement. Starting in 2023, our team has been delivering youth prevention programs to adolescent girls in traditional, nontraditional, and alternative education settings, and our curriculum and programs have been implemented in multiple organizations.
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.
Contact
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319.504.3186
Board Members
Taylor Hovey (Board Member)
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
515 Therapy & Consulting
Kristin Herndon (Board Member)
Paralegal
Cockrel Ela Glesne Greher & Ruhland P.C.
Shandey Greer (Board Member)
IT Testing Engineer
Shazam
Whitney Lang (Secretary)
Practice Manager Rein Center Therapy Services