Our Vision, Mission & Values
Vision
Providers and communities partner equally with families and youth to optimize their care and to develop programs and policies affecting all children with mental health challenges.
Mission
We assist families and their children who have mood, emotional, and behavioral challenges to understand and navigate services, advocate effectively, and achieve their potential.
Values
We embrace these values in our interactions with families, youth, partners, communities, and each other:
- Respect
- Understanding
- Compassion
- Collaboration
- Empowerment
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Welcome to
Advocacy Services for Kids
ASK is a non-profit (501c3) organization dedicated to supporting families and improving the system of care for children’s mental health. Through collaboration with families and community partners, we hope to guide this system toward becoming more family-driven, youth-guided, and culturally competent.
We believe that the best support comes from someone who has ‘been there’, and who can personally relate to the obstacles, frustrations, joys and celebrations that go along with raising a child with mood, emotional, or behavioral challenges. As parents of children with mood, behavior, and emotional disorders themselves, our Family Support Partners draw from personal experience and perspective to empower families.
- If you need assistance in navigating the mental health, education, juvenile justice or child welfare system, ASK can help.
- If you need information or referrals to community resources, ASK can help.
- If you want to meet other parents who are going through similar struggles, ASK can help.
- If you just need someone who has been there to listen to you, ASK can help.
Remember, raising kids can be tough. If you need help, just ASK!
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