Guiding Principles of the National Family Justice Center Alliance

• Increase safety, promote healing, and foster empowerment through services for victims and their children


• Provide victim-centered services that promote victim autonomy


• Commitment to the utilization of culturally competent services approaches that are measurable and behavior based


• Engage all communities through outreach and community education


• Shape services to clients by asking them what they need


• Evaluate and adjust services by including survivor input


• Maintain close working relationships among all collaborators/agencies (law enforcement, prosecution, community- based domestic violence programs, shelters and other social services)


• Offer survivors a place to belong even after crisis intervention services are no longer necessary


• Integrate primary, secondary and tertiary prevention approaches into all initiatives, programs, and projects


• Develop a Family Justice Center Community that values, affirms, recognizes and supports staff, volunteers, and clients