Mission, Vision and Values

Mission:

Working together to be the premier resource for emotional and behavioral health services and products that help children, youth, and families successfully meet life’s challenges.

Vision:

Health, hope, happiness, and opportunity for all children, youth, and families.

Values:

Creativity

  • We believe that change can occur.
  • We strive to be flexible and develop whatever services are needed to address the needs of the children, youth, and families we serve.

Dedication

  • We strive to exceed customer expectations.
  • We strive to identify and accept all those who are in need of our services.

Diversity

  • We affirm the self-worth of each individual we serve.
  • We embrace diversity in our approach to hiring staff, serving families, and in partnership with our community.
  • We value individual differences.
  • We provide culturally competent services in a manner that involves the family in the definition of issues as well as in the selection of solutions.

Integrity

  • We are honest and ethical in all our dealings.
  • We keep our promises and are accountable for our actions.
  • We respect the confidentiality of those we serve.

Quality

  • We strive at all times to provide services of the highest quality.
  • We focus on prevention.
  • We meet the needs of children , youth, and families by utilizing the least restrictive, most appropriate services possible.

Respect

  • We treat each individual with respect and dignity.
  • We ensure individualized, child centered services that build on the strengths of each child, his family, and his neighborhood.
  • We respect the individual’s right to define “family”.
  • We respect the individual’s right to choose solutions.

Teamwork

  • We promote trust and partnerships that reach across system and organizational boundaries.
  • We cooperate in developing “Win-Win” solutions.
  • We affirm that children, youth, families, and the community have a shared responsibility for and are part of the solution.

Resiliency

  • We strive to face challenges head-on and bounce back from adversity with unwavering focus on our mission.
  • We help build competencies and skills.
  • We help children, youth, families, staff, and the community develop positive views of self, hope, optimism, and motivation to be effective in their environments.
  • We look for opportunities for self- discovery.