Our Values

Children’s Center serves a vital role in providing mental health services to children, adolescents, and their families. Thousands of people depend on our services each year, making our work is an integral part of the community. This is a role we take very seriously. The values outlined here protect guide our work, protect our clients, and are cornerstones of our mission and goals.

Message from the Executive Director

Executive Director Matthew Butte discusses how Children’s Center has adapted to unprecedented changes in this video update.

A message from the Children’s Center Board of Directors:

Children’s Center is a place of healing and health that welcomes all.   We are deeply devastated, heartbroken, and outraged by the inequity and injustice in the world. The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery highlight the long history of violence against Black people and people of Color. Our hearts go out to their families and the countless numbers of others who have lost their lives and experienced racism. We join our voices in denouncing racialized violence and systemic oppression in all its forms and stand in support of racial equality and all those who search for it.   We will continue to add to our resources for staff and clients, and include continuous exploration and re-evaluation of our internal racial equity practices in order that we may better contribute to the healing and change needed in our lives, in our communities, and in society at large.

A message from the Children’s Center Board of Directors:

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic we have seen increased acts of harassment and violence against members of the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander communities around our nation. These acts have taken a variety of forms including the use of racial slurs, discriminatory behavior and physical attacks. Our deepest sympathy to all who have been impacted and who have suffered by these violent acts as well as countless related aggressions rooted in intolerance and hatred. Please accept our deepest condolences to those who have friends, family members who have been victims of these hate crimes. The Board of Children’s Center condemns all such racially motivated and xenophobic acts of harassment and violence. The killing of eight people in Atlanta reminds us of the need to speak out against the rise in hate crimes and against the trauma inflicted on members of our Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander communities and we offer our support to all facing such pressure. This past year has been unrelenting. But we are stronger when we stand together to face down the gender bias and racism that affect our nation.