Linking Families and Communities

A family is a unit of interdependent and interacting persons, related together over time by strong social and emotional bonds and/or ties of marriage, birth and adoption. The family’s central purpose is to create, maintain and promote the social, mental, physical and emotional development and well being of each of its members. Linking Families & Communities holds the philosophy that to support our families we believe that prevention of factors, which cause children to be at risk, will help assure that the health, shelter, social/emotional and intellectual needs of every child will be met. This prevention philosophy is built upon these principles:

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Each family has strengths and is responsible for a child’s well-being and development

Each family has a right to access quality services that support self-sufficiency

Early intellectual stimulation of children is critical

Each child has a right to be safe, healthy, educated and nurtured

Every child has the right to quality, accessible and affordable child care

All adults in the community have the responsibility of nurturing children