Values Statement

Values

Faith-Based

We have a Christian heritage, looking to the guidance of the Holy Spirit as we seek to serve our Lord Jesus Christ for the Glory of God;
We are faithful in our responsibility that each child is a child of God who deserves to feel great love, strength, and peace by being a part of God’s family;
We cherish the joys of the healthy childhood God plans for each child;
We take and encourage calculated risks with guidance from the Holy Spirit;
We face the challenges of bringing God’s healing to abandoned, abused, neglected, or orphaned children;
We honor our history with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and seek to broaden our base of support through relationships with the entire Body of Christ.

Programmatic

We make an enduring commitment for each child to be treated as we would want our own children and grandchildren to be treated;
We will strive for each child to join or return to a safe, permanent, and happy home.
We display integrity and do what we say and promise to do;
We are strength-based: recognizing, celebrating, embracing, and building on the gifts of everyone related to the Home, especially the at-promise children in our care;
We seek to make informed program choices to provide a safe, protected, growth-oriented community for each child now and in the future;
We strive for a racially and ethnically diverse community;
We strive to preserve sibling relationships, which can be one of the most important relationships in a child’s life;
We want family-style houses in a supportive campus neighborhood;
We advocate for community-based opportunities that are necessary to provide for the total needs of each individual child who has been entrusted to our care.

Administrative

We are not afraid to be visionary;
We depend on the synergy of quality staff, board members, volunteers, and community members;
We practice good stewardship;
We seek systematic and effective processes and the structure of relevant accreditation.

Revisions Approved by the Board of Directors on April 3, 2008