Welcome!

To all Community Health Foundation Fellows, to Family Voices Network, and to all who are interested and passionate about Cultural and Linguistic Competency

Statement of Principle

Child & Family Services is committed to recruiting a diverse staff that reflects the communities we serve; we are committed to providing the training and support necessary to assure that our staff have the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values necessary to provide quality services to all persons in a respectful and dignified manner; we are committed to the principle of inclusion where staff, clients and stakeholders feel supported, listened to, and able to do their very best; and we are committed to these principles at all levels of our organization regardless of title or role.

CFS Diversity/Inclusion Definition

These definitions are consistent with those of the United Way of America:

Diversity - the quality of being different or unique at the individual or group level. This includes work style, parental status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, skin color, language, age, mental and physical abilities—and more. Even when people appear the same on the outside, they are different!

Inclusion - a strategy to leverage diversity. Diversity always exists in social systems. Inclusion, on the other hand, must be created. In order to leverage diversity, an environment must be created where people feel supported, listened to, and able to do their personal best.

This website:

• Serves as a resource to all organizations interested in Diversity, Inclusion, and Cultural and Linguistic Competency;
• Provides linkages to information and tools;
• Provides an opportunity to exchange ideas and best practices regarding cultural competency.