The Mission of Lincoln Park Children and Families Collaborative is to support children and families by connecting them to resources and opportunities, embracing our cultures, and building community and well-being through strong and equitable leadership.

We have a Vision of creating strong, thriving, healthy, and equitable communities in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.

We focus on charitable and educational activities for the Purposes of:
* Enhancing the lives of the children and families in the Lincoln Park community.
* To coordinate supportive services to children and families in the Lincoln Park community.
* To provide assistance in accessing community-based services to enhance and improve the lives of children and families in the Lincoln Park
community.

Inclusion Statement

Lincoln Park Children and Families Collaborative intentionally partners with the Lincoln Park community to cultivate a diverse environment by accepting people from all ethnic, faith, LGBTQAI2S+, economic status, and cultural backgrounds. All children and families are welcome to join together with us to strategically strengthen our inclusiveness and collaboration.

Values

Collaboration and Partnerships

We know our successes are deeply connected to maintaining and increasing partnerships and
collaborations that focus on building relationships, creating community, and coordinating our efforts.

Community Based

We believe that families involved in our organization are one of our primary partners in determining the
needs of our community, and we honor their knowledge and work in partnership to address those
needs.

Culturally Centered

We recognize that groups in our community, and their cultures, have been marginalized socially,
politically, and economically, and their voices have often not been valued nor embraced historically. We
create and maintain our organization’s practices that embrace, respect, and use communication and
dialogue processes that are inclusive.

Whole Family Programming

We focus on working with and providing children, caregivers, and other family members programming
in a comprehensive manner that fosters stable family relationships, increases parenting skills,
enhances children’s physical and emotional well-being, and creates an environment for developing
strong cognitive skills.

Inclusion

We intentionally partner with the Lincoln Park community to cultivate a diverse environment by
accepting people from all ethnic, faith, LGBTQAI2S+, economic status, and cultural backgrounds. All
children and families are welcome to join together with us to strategically strengthen our inclusiveness
and collaboration.

Social Connectedness

We believe in and value a strength based approach as a successful way forward in restoring health,
strength, a feeling of well-being, and healing.

Relationship Based

We believe that all people experience their world as an environment of relationships, and that these
relationships affect all aspects of their development. We embrace and promote healthy early childhood
development and relationships that focus on the whole family. We work to achieve equity in early life
outcomes.

Sustainability

We manage our organization in a manner that combines people, programming, and financial resources that stabilizes and grows our organization for the long term by creating and enhancing community well-
being.

Efficient and Effective Practices

We assure effective practices through an active Board and Committees, that include strong leadership;
established processes to handle issues; regular and ongoing evaluation of programs, annual
fundraising plans, goals, and processes for an effective organization; and written policies and
procedures for efficient operations.

Nimble

We will proactively and consistently evaluate the needs of the community, be open to changing directions and programs, and will have the fortitude to take risks when necessary.