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Mission Statement
The Vermont Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health exists to
support families and children where a child or youth, age 0-22, is experiencing
or at risk to experience emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges.
The
Federation is committed to:
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Providing families needed emotional and information support. |
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Advocating for families and children to receive needed supports and services. |
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Promoting the creation of a full array of easily accessible high quality,
family-centered services needed on a state and local level. |
The Federation collaborates with schools, governmental and private agencies, and
other advocacy organizations to achieve these ends.
Our Operating
Principals
We believe:
Children and
youth who have serious emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges:
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Are individuals first
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Have rights and
strengths that should be respected by all |
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Are members of a
family |
Families of
these young people:
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Have strengths and
needs |
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Must be viewed as
team members and experts since they have 24 hours, 7-day-a-week,
lifelong experience |
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Have many ways of
adjusting to family needs |
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Are a source of
strength for their young people |
Services
provided for the child or youth with special needs and their family must:
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Emphasize strengths,
be based on need and be affordable |
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Be accessible and
available to all families |
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Be appropriate for
the family |
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Be provided
respectfully, nonjudgmental, and unconditionally |
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Must be provided,
when possible through networking and partnerships with Others
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Be provided locally
whenever possible |
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