Mission:

NILA champions youth and young adults ensuring their successful transition into adulthood and self-sufficiency.


Values:

NILA

. . . believes that every child in out of home care has the absolute right to a happy, healthy and successful life.

. . . promotes self-sufficiency best care practices so that youth and young people are given the greatest opportunity to become fulfilled and contributing adult members of our society.

. . . knows that young people in out of home care need our full care and support well into their mid-twenties.

. . . realizes that the bridge to adulthood is strongest only when supported by the partnership of youth and adults.

. . . focuses on those emerging issues which prevent youth and young adults in out of home care from becoming happy, healthy, and successful adults.

. . . advocates for effective solutions to ensure the positive transition of youth and young adults in out of home care to self-sufficiency.