Our Mission:
Centers For Opportunity offers those in need guidance to move towards achieving their chosen personal and employment goals. We offer mentoring from those who have traveled similar paths to show that for everyone: even the smallest step can lead to success and that success waits behind every door.
Our Vision:
CFO’s vision is to have those who have achieved success reach out to those who seek assistance in achieving their goals.
We believe that through mentoring and skill building, success is possible for everyone.
As an organization, CFO knows that when those we help tell us goodbye, it is not a sad occasion, but proof that we served them well.
Value Statement:
At CFO, our core values are apparent and fuel everything we do. Beginning with our empathetic and skilled staff to how we treat everyone who turns to us for assistance with respect.
Person-Centered:
The individual chooses their idea of success. We discover everyone’s hopes and dreams by asking questions and actively listening to the answers.
We also welcome diversity of individuals and ideas. CFO does not discriminate ever. It doesn’t matter who you are and where you have been, CFO welcomes everyone, right where they are.
Community Resource Driven
CFO’s reaches out to the community to find resources to help individuals find their place. Our staff also share their experiences to help individuals by using encouragement and passing on practical tools. This focused attention helps them to discover volunteering, education/training, and/or employment opportunities within their community. We help our individuals make their dreams come true by exploring their community to find opportunities to support their interests, talents, and hobbies, as life is not all work.
Success is Possible for Everyone
Our staff share their stories and journeys to model that success is always possible.
Everyone can make positive, forward movement towards personal and professional achievement.
Hope is for everyone: despite a negative past, difficulties in the present, a bright future is possible.
No one is “too far gone” to explore and find a purpose on this planet.
CFO knows labels and stigma are based on prejudices and false narratives; we believe everyone can reach their dreams and more importantly, everyone deserves the help to do so.