Agency Mission

Black Family and Child Services has a five-fold mission:

• Improving the quality of life for families by empowering them to meet the economic, social and emotional challenges of daily living
• Enabling youths to develop positive aspirations and motivation, and helping them to acquire necessary skills and knowledge to become productive, self-sufficient adults
• Serving as an advocate for children and families so their needs, hopes and aspirations are heard and understood by the larger community
• Taking a leadership role in working for solutions to social, economic and educational problems that threaten the well-being of children and youths, and
• Developing working partnerships with public institutions, private corporations, community organizations, agencies and individuals to ensure that children and youths have the opportunity, encouragement and support to become responsible, productive and self-sufficient adults