Mission
Arden Shore meets Lake County’s families early, walks alongside them through healing and growth, toward a community where children and families thrive together.
Vision
We envision a Lake County where children feel safe and seen, families are strengthened before crisis, and all families can navigate a system with a community behind them.
Programs
Arden Shore has been strengthening families in Lake County since 1898, meeting families early and walking alongside them through bilingual, culturally present programming:
- Family Preservation Services keep families together and support their healing and growth.
- Foster Care Services protect children and strengthen families so kids can return home safely.
- Behavioral Health and Support Services help children, adults, and families heal from trauma, with care that’s low-barrier, proactive, and simply present, not just there in a crisis.
We’re not just referring families elsewhere. We stay with them. Learn more about the impact of Arden Shore’s services here.
Values
- Feel Safety. Our spaces and our people are built to signal safety to every child and family who walks through our doors.
- True Allies. We lock arms with families rather than simply referring them elsewhere. We stay with the family.
- Ask First. We lead with curiosity over assumption and judgment, so families are understood rather than labeled.
- Whole Family. We support the whole family, not just the presenting issue.
- Community Rooted. 128 years in Lake County, bilingual, and culturally present in the communities we serve.
Where We’re Headed
- Family Navigation & Advocacy. We want to be the first door families turn to: a relationship, not a referral.
- Caregiver Support & Stability. We’re building a team around the whole family, not just the child, so the adults holding children are held too.
- Health & Healing. We’re making bilingual care low-barrier and proactive, present before crisis hits.
- Community Anchor. We’re investing in a connected network of partners so families experience one community of support, not a maze of programs.
Arden Shore Child and Family Services is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit organization. EIN 36-2167724