Who We Are: The Homemaking Skills Institute was founded on August 27, 2007 as a non-profit organization in Chicago, Illinois. While the Institute is new, our executive staff has extensive experience to provide training and services to urban areas. Our mission is to train youth and adults in homemaking skills that will help solve two major problems that confront disadvantaged people: OBESITY and UNEMPLOYMENT.  We teach healthy eating habits, cooking skills, and other homemaking skills, which contribute to healthy living and to secure jobs in the homecare and food services industry. We are very excited by our mission and we believe our training programs help young people and adults to: build a strong family live a healthy life style secure a job with a promising future    What to Expect: We train youth and adults in the homemaking skills needed for healthy, productive lives We have extensive experience working with disadvantaged people in urban areas At-risk teens learn good eating habits and life skills Adults in transition are trained for jobs in elder care, child care, food services, and similar businesses Obese youth and adults lose weight and keep it off We are a non-proft organization working hard to improve the lives of people in need  How We Can Help: