Community Goals
1. To provide a safe, secure play area for young children, including:
- A space with with no breakable or harmful items
- A secured area where a child can’t wander away on their own
- An ethic of kindness in all child and adult interactions
2. To provide adequate space for different modes of play, including large-motor exercise, fine-motor coordination, experiential and imaginative play
3. To provide a space in which to practice essential life and social skills, such as:
- Cooperation, sharing, and conflict resolution
- Inclusivity and diversity awareness
- Bullying awareness and prevention
4. To foster community, connection, and provide support to parents/caregivers by:
- Creating physical spaces which foster conversation among parents
- Postpartum and parenting support groups
- Child abuse prevention and parenting skills trainings
5. To provide a ‘launchpad’ for additional community outreach and children’s advocacy by:
- Partnering with agencies that provide services to children (health and wellness, social services, cultural and recreational programs)
- Resources and referrals for families at-risk or in crisis
- Recruitment and awareness about foster parenting and adoption
6. To foster total child/family well-being by programming to support:
- Early Literacy and Problem-Solving Skills (“STREAM”)
- Healthy parent-child relationships and pediatric/family mental health and well-being
- Healthy lifestyles through physical exercise space and nutritional education
7. To increase the level of cooperation and collegiality among child service providers by:
- Providing a venue for regular gatherings for networking and ideas exchange
- Providing a venue for shared continuing education and professional development
- Partnering to reach at-risk families who face barriers to accessing services
