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Garrett County Office
for Children,
Youth and Families,
Inc.
Description of services
by program, LMB
Concept Paper
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Mission
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The misson of the Garrett County Office for Children,
Youth and Families, Inc. (GC OCYF), is to promote a stable, safe, healthy
environment for children and families, thereby, increasing self-sufficiency
and promoting family preservation.
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Vision
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The goals of the GC OCYF are to (1) make the
GC OCYF a central focus for planning, monitoring and coordinating services
to children, youth and families; (2) facilitate and provide prevention
services to children, youth and families; especially those at risk; (3)
facilitate and provide flexible delivery of comprehensive services.
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Guiding Principles
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- The GC OCYF will help families to increase their
self esteem and maximize their potential through the assistance of a coordinated
human services system.
- The GC OCYF will promote and maintain excellent
relations with all community care providers at both the administrative
and care delivery level.
- The GC OCYF will provide leadership in facilitating
change in the community care system to assist families in obtaining the
services needed to become more functional.
- The GC OCYF believes the prevention of disease,
disability and dysfunction in children, youth and families is by far superior,
both fiscally and morally, to treating the effects of disease, disability
and dysfunction after its occurrence.
- The GC OCYF believes that each child and family
in Garrett County deserves to have access to coordinated, high quality
assessment and treatment services.
- The GC OCYF will effectively and efficiently
use available resources creatively to meet the needs of families.
- The GC OCYF will treat every individual and family
with respect and dignity.
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