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From Our Director...
The
needs of families continually determine the direction of Parent to Parent.
We hear from families on a daily basis about their challenges, struggles,
milestones and successes. We've organized ourselves to be able to
respond to the issues being raised by building partnerships and collaborative
relationships, and tapping all the resources that exist, leaving no stone
unturned until the issue is resolved. In today's climate of economic
uncertainty and its potential impact on services and supports for children
and their families, we remain confident in our ability to see your vision
to reality. Realizing this vision requires that we build on our present
partnerships and look toward creating new partnerships with other members
of our communities- our new Nexus grant (see
page) inaugurates this phase in our development- it's our promise to
be closer to your home and community and we're on our way!
Parent
to Parent is a movement begun by families to ensure they have available
to them the support, information, resources and partnerships they need
for their children with special needs. The family stories such as
the ones you will see in this newsletter and our survey of families begun
this summer reinforce our vision and strengthen our collective resolve
to attain quality of life for everyone.
When
we think about the strategic plan that will carry our vision we continuously
ask ourselves, "what does Parent to Parent look like in the future? How
might we organize ourselves differently?" Perhaps there is no single
vantage point from which to view the future because politically, financially,
and socially, the situation is constantly changing, but we always see community
as the cornerstone of our existence and our mission to serve families as
our guiding principle. ©
