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Children
are of great worth and value. All children, especially
those who are troubled, have the right to experience
caring, love and happiness.
Children are in the process of growing and maturing.
Their environment has an especially forceful impact
on their development. No environment is neutral;
it either fosters growth or damages it. The best
possible environment for growth and development
for children is a healthy home experience.
Although the court system intervenes when necessary
to remove a child from an unhealthy home, it is
always as a last resort. Our first hope, then,
is to reunite families whenever possible and not
to further divide families.
Our early affiliation with the Young Life ministry
established the basic principles which are inherent
in our programming and daily involvement with
children and families. Circle C seeks to create
an atmosphere which is conducive to healthy growth
and development. Our goal is to provide alternative
community responses to institutionalization in
order to encourage and support spiritual, physical
and emotional wholeness of children and families. |
