Vision, Mission and Values

Vision

The Ministry of Children and Family Development envisions a province where children are healthy, families are responsible, adults with developmental disabilities are valued and supported, and all live in safe, caring and inclusive communities.

Mission

Our mission is to promote and develop the capacity of families and communities to:

• Support healthy child development;
• Care for and protect vulnerable children and youth; and
• Support adults with developmental disabilities.

Values

• We believe in the right and primary responsibility of families to protect and support the growth and development of children and youth. This is demonstrated through agreements with the child's extended family and close friends, greater use of family development approaches to keep families safely together, and services for families of children and youth with special needs.
• We believe that government must acknowledge and reinforce the capacity of communities to enhance the resilience of children, families and adults with development disabilities. This is demonstrated through our support of community-based early childhood development initiatives and community child and youth mental health and youth justice services, our emphasis on adoption for children in permanent care and our commitment to community-based service delivery models.
• We believe that this ministry should provide the least intrusive intervention necessary to ensure the safety and well-being of our most vulnerable community members. This is demonstrated through the increased use of alternatives to ministry care, mediation and family group conferencing, and assistance for adults with developmental disabilities and children and youth with special needs and their families.