Our Mission, Vision and Values
Our Mission
Coburn Place opens a door through which women and children fleeing domestic violence can find safe haven. Coburn Place transforms battered lives by healing painful emotions, teaching valuable life skills, and fostering financial independence and long-term self-sufficiency.
Our Vision
Coburn Place will be a widely recognized, self-sustaining long-term housing program for women and children who have left abusive relationships. We will provide a broad range of supportive services to prepare them for emotional, financial and physical independence and security
Our Values
Warm and Caring Environment
We recognize the essential need that women and their children have to live in an environment that:
- Encourages openness among residents, staff, volunteers and donors
- Promotes friendly relationships among all who participate in life at Coburn
- Seeks to infuse all we do with compassion
- Upholds the importance of a clean, inviting facility
Safety and Security
We understand that our ability to have an impact on the lives of those who will benefit from our services rests on:
- Providing living space which is first and foremost safe and secure
- Giving our residents a dependable environment from which to make the necessary fundamental changes in their lives
Respect
We strive in all we do to:
- Recognize the essential nature of the need to honor boundaries
- Be vigilant in ensuring that every action taken and choice made is done so with the utmost integrity
- Embrace each person, viewing differences as opportunities to enlarge our hearts and grow as individuals
Teamwork
We believe that our community will thrive when we:
- Allow ourselves to be influenced by one another
- Maintain a heightened awareness for the need to be timely and thorough with all communication among residents, staff, volunteers and donors
- Intentionally build relationships through cooperation and collaboration
- Continually strive to develop our listening skills
Accountability and Responsibility
We acknowledge that at the core of all actions taken by residents, staff, volunteers and donors must be:
- An unwavering commitment to confidentiality and privacy
- An expectation of the highest standards for performance and follow through
- A recognition of the need to create an environment that promotes honesty
- A professional manner and a desire to serve
- A focus on ensuring the successful return of each resident to a home free from violence
