The heart of our work starts and ends with our staff. They are the ones who make our work real, meaningful, and lasting for so many children and families. We engaged our team in setting our agency values, and their words below speak to who we are and want to be:

• We are empathetic and compassionate
• We are respectful, humble, and non-judgmental
• We are dedicated, hard-working, and persistent in the face of obstacles
• We are passionate and intrinsically motivated
• We build meaningful, supportive relationships with families
• We are committed to the social-emotional development of children and empowering families
• We restore, so families endure and prevail
• We inspire trust
• We are courageous in the fight to bring equality and social justice to families
• We know that love is the antidote to fear