MISSION & VISION
The mission of Our Kids is to create a community where youth have the opportunity to develop into healthy, productive citizens.
Our vision is to coordinate and strengthen the preventative, intervention, and treatment initiatives of today to ensure the future of the youth in our community.
Our Kids Are Our Community!
The Lafayette Crisis Center has launched their comprehensive human service database on the web. This service is free and, like all Crisis Center services, available every hour of every day. Click here to check it out!
5th Annual Summit:
Connections Count
Thursday, April 8, 2010
8:15 am- 4:00 pm
Faith Community Center
Hosted by Community and Family Resource Center in Lafayette, Indiana Our Kids Are Our Community is an open-membership group comprised of individuals and organizations interested in working together to help youth. Its mission includes:
• Establishing the Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets for youth as
the common vocabulary and model for practice for the community
• Engaging community partners to advance asset-building for all youth, and to
reduce child abuse and neglect and juvenile delinquency
• Serving as a community board for youth programs and grants that require
oversight
‘Our Kids’ activities include networking and communication to support collaboration among schools, families, social service agencies, juvenile justice, neighborhoods, government and the faith community; conducting community conversations such as forums and the annual youth summit; advancing specific summit goals through a system of sub-committees; along with CAPE grant oversight.
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