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CORE STRATEGY

Child & Family Services gives children a Head Start in school, work, and life by
educating children, supporting parents, and developing the professionals who work
with them. In short, impacting lives and communities with excellence. For CFS,

excellence is the highest quality services resulting in optimal outcomes.

CFS staff and partners CFS staff and partners A high quality early
provide holistic, believe that parents are their education experience for
comprehensive, high quality child’s FIRST and most children and families begins
experiences for young important teacher and we with the staff who work with
children in centers and support them in that role. them. CFS and its partners
homes. Beyond cognitive We also support all parents make investments in our
development, high quality in becoming strong families workforce so they have the
early educators help children by providing social service education and abilities to
grow their social-emotional referrals. Whether you are a help: 1) Children to play,
skills that are important for biological parent, a foster learn, and grow; 2) parents
success, not just in school, parent, a guardian, or and families thrive; and 3)
but in life, such as: grandparent, strong families have highly skilled and
can: trained professionals
• Seeking help when through mentoring and
appropriate • Manage stress when faced coaching, including:
• Playing well with others with challenges
and sharing • Have positive and • Child Development
• Focusing attention supportive relationships Educators and Caregivers
• Staying with a task, even • Have or access resources • Family Service and
after experiencing in times of need to Support Staff
difficulty or being minimize stress • Child Development
challenged • Understand the abilities of Experts and Coaches
• Being excited and their young children • Disabilities Experts
interested in a variety of • Help their children grow in • Health and Nutrition
school activities their ability to Professionals
communicate clearly, • Administrative, Grant
regulate emotions, and Management, and Fiscal
establish and maintain Staff
relationships.