About Us

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Chrysalis began providing services in 1973, and over its 34 year history has evolved into a multi-services agency offering a range of programs to help women and their families build healthy, self-sufficient lives. Our work is guided by our mission and philosophy:

Mission
Chrysalis promotes healthy lives for women and girls.

Philosophy
Chrysalis values all women and girls.

Healthy women and girls affect the well-being of families and society.

Women and girls can find their own strength to transform their lives.

Women and girls can sustain positive lifelong change.

Tubman Family Alliance formed in 2002 out of a merger between the Harriet Tubman Center of Minneapolis (est. 1976) and the Family Violence Network of Lake Elmo (est. 1981).  With innovative and effective services to both prevent and heal family violence, this consolidation made Tubman a national leader on family violence issues. To advance a continuum of violence prevention and family support services, on July 1, 2007, Tubman and Chrysalis merged agencies. Together, we will serve all our clients, over 46,000 in the Twin Cities, in new and extraordinary ways.

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Who we serve

Many of our clients face extraordinary challenges that keep them from living healthy and fulfilled lives. Domestic abuse, sexual abuse, chemical addiction, mental illness, poverty - these are just some of the issues that impact the women and children who access our services. Historically, women who have accessed Chrysalis' services represent a diverse, underserved population:

• Clients come from throughout the Twin Cities, 68% from Minneapolis and the surrounding area and 27% from the St. Paul area;

• 27% of our clients identify as Persons of Color, twice Minnesota’s
  minority population rate;

• 54% of those we serve have annual incomes of less than $35,000; 26% have incomes less than $16,000;

• 11% of our clients identify as GLBT;

• 12% of our clients identify as having a disability, and

• Slightly over half of the women we serve have at least one dependent child; one in three have two or more.

Partnerships

We depend upon strong collaborative partnerships with other social service organizations, businesses, government entities, and advocacy groups to accomplish our various activities and provide the best care to our clients.  Through relationships with United Way, various legal services, treatment centers, healthcare facilities, other domestic abuse agencies, statewide coalitions, police departments, the courts and other branches of the judicial system, all clients have access to the best resources and assistance they need to make safe, healthy, positive changes in their lives.

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