WHO IS LINCOLN

Lincoln Child Center was founded in 1883 as the region's first volunteer-run, non-sectarian, and fully integrated orphanage. As times and community needs evolved, Lincoln's commitment to vulnerable children remained strong. In 1951, Lincoln began serving abused, neglected and emotionally challenged children. Today, as a highly respected provider of children's services, Lincoln has a continuum of programs to serve challenged children and families throughout the Bay Area. Our community-based services include early intervention programs in the Oakland and Pittsburg School Districts aimed at stopping the cycle of violence, abuse and mental health problems for at-risk children and families. In Alameda County, Lincoln provides support to over 400 relative caregivers through the Kinship Support Services Program. Each day approximately 60 day treatment students in Lincoln's nonpublic elementary and middle schools (Conyes Academy) come to receive a combination of educational and mental health services designed to help them transition into community school and family settings. Many of the children at Lincoln's Conyes Academy have endured significant traumas, which may include physical or sexual abuse, pre-natal exposure to drugs and alcohol, domestic violence, or familial instability and stress resulting from extreme poverty. Lincoln educational staff support the emotional and academic goals of their students and assist in their development as whole and healthy children.

MISSION STATEMENT

Lincoln Child Center enables vulnerable and emotionally troubled children and their families to lead independent and fulfilling lives.

PHILOSOPHY

As Lincoln Child Center's programs and services have grown and changed over its, more than, 125 years as an organization, the underlying philosophy, values and beliefs that drive our mission have remained.

We believe that all vulnerable and emotionally troubled children need and deserve the opportunity to receive supports and services that will help them to be successful at home, in school and in their community.

We believe that children and families heal through active engagement, positive relationships, and learning new ways of coping with their unique challenges.

We believe that all aspects of the child's life – family, culture, community, education, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender – must be woven into the treatment process in order to have a lasting impact.