Guiding Principles
Many principles guide our work in pursuit of our mission.
- Believe in high quality, best practice, effective services based on professional relationships that are responsive to the needs of the communities we serve.
- Recognize the benefit respecting diversity has to our society.
- Advocate for essential services and secure the necessary resources to fund those services.
- Serve as a resource for our clients in accessing community services.
- Recognize the responsibility for ongoing staff and board professional development.
- Recruit and retain board members who are devoted to our organization through competent governance.
Mission & Vision
Mission: Family Connections utilizes the strength of community to support exceptional early childhood experiences.
Vision: We believe every child deserves a successful future!
Values
Family Connections is committed to values that guide our actions:
- Care: empathy and compassion for children, families, providers, partners, and staff exemplified through our program development and advocacy to address needs.
- Family: people connected to each other with common goals. The foundation to provide support and encouragement for people to reach their full potential.
- Integrity: consistent honesty and fairness. Our reputation is built on positive actions, compassionate responses, and dedicated staff adhering to our Code of Ethics.
- Responsibility: achieving what is required and following through with commitments.
- Respect: treating others with dignity while recognizing each individual for their uniqueness.
- Trust: earned by honesty and avoiding judgment. Providing excellent customer service, communication, and accurate information.
- Confidentiality: keeping information private and sharing only when appropriate. Our efforts to keep confidentiality are extensive and continuous.
- Loyalty: remaining dedicated and devoted to our mission.
Annual Report
Family Resource Guides
Region 5: North Central Montana
Region 6: North Eastern Montana
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email: Program.Intake@usda.gov