Welcome to the H.O.O.D.
Healthy • Optimistic • Outstanding • Determined
Gyrls In The H.O.O.D. Foundation is the leading Chicagoland nonprofit organization that provides Black gyrls with the reproductive resources, social support services, and sexual health education they need to make informed and responsible choices. #adolescentreproductivehealth
There are an estimated 16.9 million people who menstruate living in poverty in the United States.
According to a 2019 survey conducted by the Chicago Period Project, 1 in 3 people who menstruate in Chicago have had to choose between buying menstrual products and other necessities like food or utilities.
