Our Mission Statement, Charitable Goal and Community Planning:
Black families are disproportionately present in the child welfare system. There is scarce community support for Black families enduring trauma from systemic oppression from child welfare and law enforcement agencies. Ifeatu Healing and Community Services is a nonprofit organization in Sacramento, CA that was created to provide healin
g spaces and community supportive services to Black families who are in need of crisis intervention. Our goal is to prevent the reccurrence of generational trauma in the community as Black families are facing the child welfare system that perpetuates systemic racism and white supremacy. Our services include: Counseling/mental health services, housing counseling, support group for child welfare clients, meditation and healing circle, immediate crisis intervention for families encountering child welfare services and police abuse. Our goal is to provide ongoing supportive and community services to Black families harmed by the child welfare system through advocacy, community intervention, community education and building community resilience. We aim to achieve this goal by creating an alternative resource to child welfare intervention by creating Community Family Watch. Charitable donations will be utilized to fund this pilot program in the Sacramento Area. This program will consist of trained community members who have experience in crisis intervention, knowledge of child welfare services and the criminal justice system and most importantly, are committed to preserving Black families.
