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The Staff Wellness Initiative at the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago
The Staff Wellness Initiative (SWI) is a new and innovative approach to address trauma and promote wellness among the CVI workforce led by the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago (INVC), a major violence prevention organization serving participants at high risk of gun violence on the South and West Sides of Chicago
As the research partner for SWI, CORNERS is currently conducting a process evaluation that documents the creation and implementation of the SWI and developing a research framework for evaluating the impact of the SWI on both individual staff and organizational functioning.
The current process evaluation seeks to answer the following questions:
- How was the SWI developed and implemented at INVC?
- What lessons and best practices can be learned and applied to other Community Violence Intervention (CVI) organizations looking to invest in the wellbeing of their staff?