A Community of Services for Children and Families

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Since 1990, the mission of Deschutes Children's Foundation is to promote a community of services for the children and families of Deschutes County. Our primary strategy for pursuing this mission is to provide rent-free facilities and no-cost property management for human service programs that serve children and families directly. This puts critical dollars to work for children and families.   Deschutes Children’s Foundation’s values are simple. We believe children and families are society’s building blocks, a comfortable and respectful environment fosters good results, communication and collaboration produce good outcomes, and our community deserves accountability and efficient use of its resources.   Deschutes Children’s Foundation manages four collaborative campuses located in Bend, La Pine and Redmond. Currently these campuses are home to 27 human service programs that last year experienced more than 75,000 client visits. Resident programs benefit from rent-free space and shared expenses. DCF saves these programs an estimated $800,000 annually. Close collaboration with a synergistic mix of programs housed together fosters effective, efficient, easy to find, and child-friendly facilities.