Karen Shanks's Colleagues at Catholic Community Services Oregon - CCS
Kristie Thudium
Child And Family Therapist, Foster Care Crisis Stabilization
Karen Shanks's Contact Details
503-390-2600
Lake Oswego,Oregon,United States
Catholic Community Services Oregon - CCS
Karen Shanks's Company Details
CCS is a non-profit, faith-based organization serving vulnerable children, youth, adults and families in the Mid-Willamette Valley & Central Oregon Coast.Our mission is to champion the positive development of children and adults, strengthen families, and build community.Founded in 1938, today CCS offers 15 programs across nine Oregon counties and serves more than 2,000 people each year. As a faith-based social services organization, we operate with fidelity to the Principles of Catholic Social Teaching, which call us to work for the common good and to serve our neighbors who are the poorest and most vulnerable. We do so without regard to anything other than their needs and their willingness to do everything they can for themselves. Our values of love, justice, truth and freedom guide us to safeguard the dignity of all people, to embrace their giftedness, and to focus on their dreams and aspirations. To achieve our mission, all of our programs focus on four key outcomes: the people we serve enjoy safe, stable, nurturing relationships: they enjoy good health; they possess the knowledge, skills and virtues that they need to succeed at whatever is important to them in life; and they enjoy financial self-sufficiency.