The Cooperative For human services

Mission & Guiding Principles

•  It is the mission of the Cooperative for Human Services, Inc. to empower, support, and expand the knowledge, skill, and natural capacities of the people we support to direct and live full and meaningful lives within their communities. 

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• Treat every person with dignity and respect

• Support individuals as valuable members of their community by promoting physical and social integration and economic opportunity

• Design, deliver and modify services to meet the unique individual needs and preferences of those served

• Serve individuals of varying abilities, regardless of the intensity of supports needed

• Encourage stakeholder participation in the planning, support, provision, and evaluation of services

• Promote individual and family empowerment by enhancing true, informed choice

• Emphasize learning as a life-long process

• Provide services in an environment that promotes health, safety, and a sense of worth

• Create an atmosphere of teamwork and open communication

• Promote innovation, flexibility, and responsiveness

• Respect, value, and celebrate diversity

• Work in partnership with others to maximize resources and alleviate duplication of effort

• Enhance the efficacy and public value of human services through leadership, advocacy and collaboration

• Carry out all policies and practices in an ethical, legal, accurate, and fiscally responsible manner