The Oregon Commission on Children and Families is an entrepreneurial catalyst that brings critical community partners together to get better outcomes for children and families. It is the Commission's vision that all Oregon's children and youth will be safe, healthy, well-educated, employable, and valued contributors to their communities.

Our mission is to provide public and private leadership working collaboratively to support and strengthen communities to improve the lives of children, youth and families. We are committed to locally-driven, results-oriented change through:

* informed and effective public policy;
* passionate voice and strong advocacy on behalf of children, youth and families;
* engagement of diverse communities to plan and develop shared action on children's issues and;
* wise investment of resources with a preventative focus on healthy families

Created by legislation in 1993, and further defined by...