FamiliesFORWARD helps children develop the attitudes and behaviors necessary to become productive, independent, and responsible citizens through a school-based, family-centered program.

Vision

Internal Vision: FamiliesFORWARD will be the foremost, broadly implemented model for successful school-based, family-centered programs.

External Vision: All children are physically and emotionally healthy and well nurtured. They live in families and communities and attend educational institutions that prepare them to be productive, independent, and responsible citizens.

Guiding Principles

• We believe that every child has a need to be nurtured and supported.
• We operate as partners with family, school, and community in a highly professional manner.
• Our interpersonal relationships thrive because we are sensitive to the many cultural influences in the community.
• We demand of ourselves the utmost integrity in everything we do.
• We nurture self-respect in our relationships with children, teachers, parents, and ourselves; and we respect each other’s point of view.
• We relate with compassion to those in our care
• We are responsive to the needs of our community.
• We strive to be the leader in providing school-based, family-centered programs.
• We foster innovative approaches to accomplish shared goals.