Mission Statement
VISION
Children, adults, and families who experience loss are able to transform their despair to hope, and become healthy and ultimately create safer communities.
MISSION
Roberta’s House provides trauma-informed care and addresses grief as a public health service. We believe all children, adults, and families suffering the loss or death of a loved one should have support and a safe place to heal and recover.
CORE VALUE: HOPE
Honoring the memory of those who have died by Offering opportunities to learn Positive and Empowering grief experiences.
Roberta’s house will achieve its vision and mission by:
- Increasing public awareness and addressing the need of supporting children and families who are grieving a natural or traumatic death of a family member or significant person.
- Providing a confidential setting to facilitate the emotional, physical and spiritual healing for grieving children and families where grief can be expressed and experienced safely.
- The sharing and freedom of expression through peer support and professional services that will encourage healthy coping skills.
- Encouraging a nurturing positive family support system.
- Implementing community outreach programs that offer grief intervention for schools, human service providers and organizations in the event of sudden or traumatic death.
- Offering educational training and technical assistance for community groups, churches and healthcare practitioners.
