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- EIN 20-5204911
- (213) 401-3999
- 1270 S Alfred St Unit 351839 Los Angeles CA 90035-8080 USA
- athousandjoys.org
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Causes: Health, Health Support
Mission: A thousand joys (atj) was founded in 2006 to help individuals and organizations reach their highest potential. We specialize in working directly with high-risk children and families, and we support the organizations that serve them. Our innovative, comprehensive programs focus on trauma-related stress management, emotional regulation and healing. Atj's approach includes a holistic blend of business, psychology and complementary treatment modalities. The results are benefits that far surpass those derived from any single approach. From its inception, atj has sought to improve trauma therapeutic services. We have found that there are gaps in providing the skills that individuals and families need to manage the effects of trauma and regain personal power and a sense of well-being. We are bridging these gaps on an individual, client level through our school-based transform program, and on a broader level through our organizational wellness and trauma informed care services.
Programs: Transform is a groundbreaking, life-changing program that helps students from the toughest neighborhoods cope with the effects of trauma and violence and empowers them to succeed in school and throughout their lives. Transform has been shown to help studentsto better regulate their emotions, foster positive social relationships, focus on their studies, and set and meet goals. Ultimate outcomes from transform include significantly higher graduation rates, success in college, greater earnings potential, increased well-being,enhanced family lives, and less cost to society. Organizational wellness and trauma informed care:atj specializes in helping community mental health and other humanservice organizations. Every organization comes with its ownunique set of needs and challenges. Our organizational wellnessapproach to improving operational effectiveness focuses onestablishing long-term success and enhancing the quality ofservices, systems, processes, and professional development. Inthis way, atj equips organizations with new knowledge andabilities that increase productivity while improving employeehealth and retention. Our dynamic, comprehensive empowerment model is rooted in a solid,skills-based foundation that enables individuals and teams withinorganizations to gain effective communication, leadership andself-care skills. By training individuals to strengthen andenergize their mind, body, and spirit, atj helps to maximizeperformance and create lasting benefits for the entireorganization. Our trauma informed care services help agencies ensure that everyfacet of their organization supports the empowerment, needs, andpositive outcomes of trauma survivors. Through atj's guidance,agencies assess and potentially modify the environment to createan atmosphere that is emotionally and physically safe for staffand clients. Atj provides trauma training to staff at all levelsand engages clients in creating wellness-friendly policies,procedures and treatment choices. The result is agencies thatprovide high-quality, trauma-sensitive services designed toaccelerate healing and restore personal power and health. And engages clients in creating wellness-friendly policies,procedures and treatment choices. The result is agencies thatprovide high-quality, trauma-sensitive services designed toaccelerate healing and restore personal power and health.