The Family Justice Center Guiding Principles, developed by the Alliance Advisory Board, are the fundamental values that should direct the vision, service delivery, and environment of a Family Justice Center.
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| Safety-Focused: |
Increase safety, promote healing, and foster empowerment through services for victims and their children |
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| Victim-Centered: |
Provide victim-centered services that promote victim autonomy |
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| Culturally Competent: |
Commitment to the utilization of culturally competent services approaches that are measurable and behavior based |
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| Intervene and Prevent: |
Engage all communities through outreach and community education |
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| Survivor-Driven: |
Shape services to clients by asking them what they need |
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| Transformative (willing to change): |
Evaluate and adjust services by including survivor input and evidence-based best practices |
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| Relationship-Based: |
Maintain close working relationships among all collaborators/agencies (law enforcement, prosecution, community- based domestic violence programs, shelters and other social services) |
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| Prevention-Oriented: |
Integrate primary, secondary and tertiary prevention approaches into all initiatives, programs, and projects |
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| Kind-Hearted: |
Develop a Family Justice Center community that values, affirms, recognizes and supports staff, volunteers, and clients |
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| Empowered: |
Offer survivors a place to belong even after crisis intervention services are no longer necessary |
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| Offender Accountability: |
Increase offender accountability through evidence based prosecution strategies |
