Our Mission:
To empower children facing challenges to grow into healthy, productive adults by providing comprehensive behavioral health services.
Our Values:
Our values serve as the foundation of our culture. They inspire and guide our choices in the way we operate and interact with others.
Respect : All are worthy of respect and are treated with respect.
Commitment : Providing healthy a environment for children to grow in requires consistent, long-term commitments
Inclusion : Communication among the Families Plus network is always open and inclusive.
Engagement : All kids can be engaged and helped.
Support : To best support a child, a tailored array of services must be available.
Volunteers : Families Plus is volunteer driven.
Appreciation : All participants need and should experience appreciation.
Confidentiality : Confidentiality is maintained while legality is honored.
Our Vision:
A community where every child enters adulthood healthy (mentally and physically) with a high school diploma, avoidance of teen pregnancy, and no legal or substance abuse prevalent.
Our History
The Families Plus concept was developed in 1998 by Dr. Brenda Holland, a practicing clinical psychologist in Delta County. Dr Holland engaged community professionals and concerned citizens to address the needs of underserved youth in Delta County, living in unhealthy and often chaotic environments. From this group, a new type of community-based program for children was initiated. The family-as-mentor idea had not been implemented prior. Each mentoring family would make a commitment to a child or children with the aid of a mental health care professional and with parent partners. Parent partners cater to the needs of family members surrounding these children, providing insight into resources and opportunities available within our community and lending a helping hand when needed.
This new family mentoring idea caught on quickly. Within five years, almost thirty-five children in Delta County had been matched with their long-term mentoring families, and the lives of many were impacted in the process.
Currently, Families Plus lends a helping hand to over a hundred children in the Delta County community. Providing resources to health care providers, behavioral, mental health, and substance use training, and offering skill-building activities and programs to children to explore possible areas of interest. Families Plus strives to keep the minds of youth actively engaged and constantly exploring endless opportunities.