About us
Mission
Family Focus invests in strengthening families and their children in Chicago and NE Illinois so they build social capital and achieve upward economic mobility through high-quality innovative programs and services, grounded in anti-racism and social justice.
Vision
Families and children, in and with their communities, maximize their full potential and live fulfilling, healthy and meaningful lives.
Values
Family Support Principles Unite Us
The principles tell us how to systemically respond and engage in the communities that we serve. These principles guide staff and support children, their families, and communities.
- Staff and families work together in relationships based on equality and respect.
- Staff enhance families’ capacity to support the growth and development of all family members – adults, youth, and children.
- Families are resources to their own members, to other families, to programs, and to communities.
- Programs affirm and strengthen families’ cultural, racial, and linguistic identities and enhance their ability to function in a multicultural society.
- Programs are embedded in their communities and contribute to the community-building process.
- Programs advocate with families for services and systems that are fair, responsive, and accountable to the families served.
- Practitioners work with families to mobilize formal and informal resources to support family development.
- Programs are flexible and continually responsive to emerging family and community issues.
- Principles of family support are modeled in all program activities, including planning, governance, and administration.
See, Hear and Care for Each Other
Every Family Focus team member is critical to delivering our mission. We are committed to honoring and respecting each person by recognizing their strengths and unique contributions. Together, through relationship and appreciation, we can accomplish our organizational goals.
Excellence in All We Do
We commit to deliver the highest quality programs and services that are informed and enriched by data, staff expertise, and the experiences of the families we serve. We encourage continuous learning, so each person reaches their desired potential.
Antiracism and Social Justice Center Us
We honor and affirm the richness of our diversity, by asserting our common goal of equity, inclusion and belonging, and live our guiding principles of antiracism and social justice. Everything we do is deeply rooted in the guiding principles of antiracism and social justice.