Mission
A Precious Child provides children in need with opportunities and resources to empower them to achieve their full potential.

Vision
A Precious Child envisions a future where every child grows up to be a secure, self-reliant, contributing member of their community.

In order to achieve our mission, we collaborate with more than 500 Agency Partners, including schools, hospitals, health and human services, shelters and foster care providers. The children referred to A Precious Child are dealing with poverty, homelessness, foster care placements, abuse or neglect or have been identified as being at-risk. Through services and wrap-around Cradle to Career Initiatives, A Precious Child provides these children with the tools they need to ensure they have a successful future.

	Child & Family Advocacy Empowerment Center provides holistic resource navigation and clinical case management through wrap-around support and education services to empower children and families on their path to self-sufficiency.
	Family Stability Precious Essentials provides basic essentials such as clothing, coats, shoes, food, home goods and hygiene items to families in need to help bridge the income gap so they can spend their limited resources on living expenses. Basics 4 Babies provides basic essentials such as diapers, wipes, formula and baby gear to families with infants who would otherwise ration or go without these necessities.
	Social & Emotional Well-Being giveARTS provides support for arts program costs associated with lessons, participation fees, instruments and art supplies to children in need, helping them gain the skills for self-expression, confidence and creativity. giveSPORTS provides new and gently-used sports equipment and support for sports program costs associated with registration, uniform, camp and participation fees to children in need, giving them the opportunity to participate in activities that help them feel a sense of normalcy alongside their peers.  Precious Gift provides gifts to children who would otherwise go without during monumental times in their lives, such as birthdays and during the holiday seasons.  Precious Mentor provides youth with peer-to-peer, adult-to-youth and workforce development mentorships through an evidence-based curriculum, building positive youth development and enriching academic and professional growth.
	Academic Success Inspiring Minds provides access to STEM-based activities to children visiting A Precious Child’s Resource Center and through educational, take-home STEM kits. Edussentials provides educational support, such as computers, calculators, tutoring and incentives to remove barriers to school attendance and improve educational outcomes for economically disadvantaged students.  Fill A Backpack provides backpacks filled with grade-appropriate school supplies to children in need to maximize their academic potential.
	Workforce Development Precious Perks provides opportunities through A Precious Child’s Social Enterprise Coffee and Gift Shop for ages 15-24 who are currently out of school, without employment or struggling with a learning disorder, through work-based learning and fostering the skill sets necessary to obtain and retain employment.