HOMEBUILDERS provides intensive, in-home crisis intervention, counseling, and life-skills education for families who have children at risk for placement in state-funded care. The model is built upon several core values and beliefs:
- It is best for children to be raised by their own family whenever possible.
- Safety is our highest priority.
- Reducing barriers to service improves family outcomes.
- Family members are our colleagues and partners.
- Providing information and teaching skills empowers families to become self-sufficient.
- We cannot predict which situations are most amenable to change.
- It is our job to motivate families and instill hope.
- All people have the ability to change.
- A crisis is an opportunity for change.
- We respect families for their diverse culture, ethnicity, and religious beliefs.
- Family members do not usually intend to harm one another.
- People are doing the best they can.
- Inappropriate intervention can do harm.