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When people have what they need to heal and thrive - they will.

Raphah Institute helps people in marginalized and isolated communities access the social support, economic, educational, housing, and healthcare resources they need to heal and thrive.

About Raphah Institute

Raphah Institute is a multi-disciplinary laboratory that partners with communities to design solutions that restore access to the vital resources they need to heal and thrive. We focus on the resource areas of social support, economic opportunity, education, housing, and healthcare. Through strategic partnership and innovative programming, we envision people in marginalized communities living long, healthy, and wealthy lives.

Justice begins where healing occurs.

#justiceishealing

As a police officer, Raphah Institute founder and CEO Travis Claybrooks saw firsthand the limitations of government systems alone to solve the complicated challenges facing people experiencing social harm. As a pastor, Travis also saw how distant he and many other people of faith were from the people and communities broken by harm and trauma. These observations led him to take action and join the many other community leaders working to make Nashville a city of healing.

Travis founded Raphah Institute to engage a larger work around addressing harm and trauma. Through this initiative, led by the vision of juvenile court judge Sheila Calloway and in partnership with District Attorney General Glenn Funk; then-public defender Dawn Deaner; police chief, Steve Anderson; and with the support of then-mayor Megan Berry; Raphah Institute launched its flagship program, the Restorative Justice Diversion Program, focused on using restorative practices as an alternative for resolving felony cases in juvenile court. The program has since supported over 150 people in their journey towards healing and positive transformation and serves as a testament to Raphah’s belief that #justiceishealing.

Young people -

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District Attorney's office -

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Tennessee Voices for Victims -

Epic Girl -

Choosing Justice Initiative -

Notes for Notes -

Café Momentum -

Believer's Covenant -

Public Defender's office - Police - Tennessee Voices for Victims - Epic Girl - Choosing Justice Initiative - Notes for Notes - Café Momentum - Believer's Covenant -

Childcare providers -

Families of children -

Metropolitan Development Housing Authority -

The City of Nashville, TN -

Home Grown -

All Our Kin -

University of Tennessee Department of Child and Family Studies -

United Way of Middle Tennessee -

The City of Memphis, TN -

Childcare providers - Families of children - Metropolitan Development Housing Authority - The City of Nashville, TN - Home Grown - All Our Kin - University of Tennessee Department of Child and Family Studies - United Way of Middle Tennessee - The City of Memphis, TN -



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