ScholarCHIPS

About This Project

Summary

ScholarCHIPS is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide college scholarships, mentoring, mental health supports and a robust support network to children of incarcerated parents, encouraging them to complete their college education. In 2024 ScholarCHIPS launched a visual podcast on social media platforms, funded in part by the Open Society Foundations Soros Justice Fellowship, to highlight youth voices on the challenges of having an incarcerated parent and other social issues.

Goals & Objectives

In 2023 ScholarCHIPS was selected as a CNN Hero. A national fundraising campaign was launched in partnership with CNN Heroes and GoFundMe, which raised over $27,000. Afterward, ScholarCHIPS' Founder Yasmine Arrington Brooks was featured on the Drew Barrymore Show with Marie Osmond & Magic Johnson.

Results & Impact

ScholarCHIPS has supported over 100 scholars from across the country with over $500,000 in college dollars, now with 45 graduates. ScholarCHIPS scholars attend a combination of private colleges, HBCUs and community colleges across the country. Scholars are from DC, MD, AZ, MS, MO, FL, CA and more.