Family Pathways News and Updates

Our Mission Statement

Family Pathways' mission is to work with communities to develop supportive, caring relationships to help people meet their basic needs.

We do this by:

• Helping people identify and build upon their inherent strengths
• Helping people find and use sources of assistance
• Working with other community organizations to strengthen the network of support services
• Helping community members weave a stronger fabric of support for their neighbors
• Coordinating community volunteer resources

Our core values are:

• Honor the dignity and potential in every person
• Help people develop the personal relationships and interdependence essential to their well-being
• Continuously improve our organizations' effectiveness by learning about the impact of our programs and the changing needs of our communities
• Be creative and resourceful in solving problems
• Be responsible stewards of our communities' resources

Building Stronger Communities One Person at a Time

All of us, staff and volunteers alike at Family Pathways, take great pride in this grassroots, community-based agency.  We want to share a little about the services we provide.  Family Pathways changes people's lives by:

• providing non-medical senior services, including advocacy, companionship and respite care, to seniors 60 and over so they may continue to live independently in their own homes.
• providing hope and nourishment to adults and children in crisis with our food shelves and community advocacy program.
• building awareness and sensitivity in youth and their families with our youth services programs.

For the past 33 years, we have served communities in Chisago, Isanti, Pine, Kanabec, and Mille Lacs counties.  Family Pathways has expanded in response to growing needs and now serves residents in 7 counties throughout CentralMinnesotaand Western Wisconsin including the towns of Forest Lake and St. Croix Falls.  Family Pathways continues building newprograms for children and teens, and adding new services based on the needs of our community.  Recently we have added a new food shelf in Frederic, WI.