Mission & Vision
Our Vision: A thriving Columbia County committed to building resilience in children and families thereby improving overall community well-being.
Our Mission: Increase cross-sector collaboration, strengthen capacity of organizations and promote community awareness to prevent and heal childhood trauma and build resilience in children and families for a healthier Columbia County.
What does the network do?
- Implement trauma informed and resilience-building strategies and promote the adoption of trauma informed care across sectors and services.
- Facilitate the integration and coordination of trauma informed care across systems and organizations in our community.
- Work across sectors to bring together trauma informed care and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) champions from the community.
- Raise awareness and understanding of ACEs, trauma informed practices and resilience-building efforts across systems and organizations throughout the county.
- Develop a common understanding of the way in which trauma, chronic stress and adversity affect brain development, individual behaviors and children’s capacity to learn.
Our Core Values
Common Agenda
Member organizations share a vision for change, including a common understanding of the problem and a joint approach to solving it.
Mutually Reinforcing Activities
Diverse, cross-sector stakeholders coordinate their activities through a mutually reinforcing plan of action.
Shared Measurement
Member organizations agree on the ways success will be measured and reported based on a short list of common indicators.
Commitment to Equity
We share a deep commitment to equity, reflected in the outcomes of the work as well as the process of collaboration.
Commitment to Solutions
Member organizations agree on the ways success will be measured and reported based on a short list of common indicators.
