Mission Statement:

The intentions of the corporation are exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, particularly to afford a home, education, and support for destitute or dependent children and mental health services for such children and others without distinction of creed, color, or country, and to engage in related study and research.

Motivated by Christ's love and call to serve others, the following values undergird the mission:

• Making each child a priority
• Respecting the family as important
• Promoting nonviolence
• Prudent application, development and stewardship of resources
• Being inclusive
• Providing quality services
• Providing education to enhance self-worth and promote responsible citizenship
• Being aware of current ideas and research
• Celebrating the contributions of staff, foster parents, volunteers and contributors
• Providing a base for developing a holistic healing process for those served
• Being compassionate
• Mitigating pain and facilitating the experience and expression of childhood joy