Through individualized case management, an evolving job-readiness program, and by providing access to an array of supportive services, Chrysalis helps our clients navigate their barriers to reconnecting to the workforce.
Since 1991, Chrysalis has offered our clients time-limited, paid employment to help them prepare to secure jobs outside of our organization. Today, we employ clients in four growing businesses.
For 40 years, we have been dedicated to serving individuals who are navigating barriers to the workforce find and retain employment. Learn more about our mission, philosophy, and vision & values.
clients secured jobs in the general workforce in 2025
clients worked a transitional job with our employment social enterprise in 2025
clients have been empowered on their pathway to stability, security, and fulfillment in their work and lives since 1984
Empower our clients by providing one-on-one resume writing, practice interview, and online job application assistance.
Find dedicated, hardworking employees to join your team and help your business thrive like nearly 150 employers in Southern California who hire through us.
Help raise funds and have a good time in support of our clients and program alongside champions who believe in the impact of employment.
Values state what is important to us, serve as our guiding principles, and form the foundation for our culture. They tell us who we are and who we aspire to be. At Chrysalis, these values help us identify the specific capabilities needed in our staff and volunteers and how we should serve our community.
We envision a community in which everyone has the opportunity to work and thrive.
We recently sat down with three Chrysalis team members who spoke about incarceration—not in the abstract, but as individuals who lived it. Kendra is a Supervisor with a division of our employment social enterprise called Roads, overseeing freeway maintenance crews. Anthony is a Program Manager at our Downtown LA center, where he oversees daily operations […]
From his vantage point, Alexander soaks up the morning sunlight as it casts light over the mountains, etched by busy freeways that carve the landscape along the Grapevine. Some mornings, fog rolls in, and other days, fresh snowfall blankets the roads, waiting for his Caltrans team to clear the way. He breathes it all […]
After years of experiencing homelessness and limited support, Elyse Moya has built a life filled with stability, empowerment, and community. Today, she celebrates sobriety, steady employment, and being a devoted mother, embracing each day with purpose and hope for the future. “Now I feel totally empowered when I come in. I get to see all […]