Creative Pathways is private, multiservice human services organization offering a broad range of educational and treatment services in a safe, non-judgmental environment for individuals and families in the District of Columbia. 

Since 2019, Creative Pathways has been helping children, youth, adults and families live better lives.

 

MISSION STATEMENT

 

The mission of Creative Pathways, Inc. is to foster personal growth for individuals served and connect them with families and communities through accessible, comprehensive, and preventive services. We aim to improve the lives children, adolescents, and adults while nurturing the authentic human development of those entrusted to our care.  Creative Pathways, Inc. is an innovated program designed specifically for adult citizens of the District of Columbia with developmental and intellectual disabilities. To create a high quality service to afford all citizens typical life experiences in their community.

 

VISION STATEMENT

Our Charge: Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”

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To this end, Creative pathways incorporated serves a large population of children, adolescents, and adults. We have a broad vision to establish an integrated delivery system for consistent client care, constant yet stable expansion of current program services, and continuous assessments and improvements for the organization. With this vision, we hope to create a better life experience for the children, adults, and communities that we serve.

 

VALUES

Our values represent the objectives of our mission statement and vision:

• Integrity -
We are committed to the highest standards of moral and ethical principals. 



• Advocacy 
- We advocate on behalf of our clients, speak out for those whose voices are not heard, and provide community leadership and education for client issues and concerns.

• Competence -
We build staff skills and abilities while encouraging creativity and accountability to meet and exceed the present and future needs of our clients. Staff, contractors, foster families, interns, and volunteers must be models of excellence in all phases of their work, meet professional standards of competency, and work in compliance with state law. 



• Respect -
We develop mutually respectful relationships at every level through meaningful, effective communication and genuine consideration for each individual. 



• Excellence -
We deliver care that embraces each individual's values, culture, language, abilities, and rights. At every level, the highest standard of excellence and professionalism is expected of all persons acting on behalf of the organization.

• Diversity
 - We value and welcome individuals from diverse backgrounds and their varied experiences. We work hard to assure that our staff, planning processes, and programs are respectful and responsive to the needs of diverse populations and families.

• Accountability
- We will evaluate, monitor, and improve our services, as we are accountable to our stakeholders. We believe in continuous quality improvement in order to enhance programmatic and administrative abilities to meet and exceed the needs of our clients.

 

SERVICE PHILOSOPHY

Creative Pathways, Inc. services are exhaustive, intensive, adaptable and compassionate.  We are committed in our programs to the principle of doing whatever it takes.  When we work with individuals, families, groups and organizations, members of our staff pay attention to more than their narrow area of expertise.  We seek to develop a multi-disciplinary response that addresses identified problems over time.  We are highly collaborative.  We understand that clients, by the time they get to us, already overwhelmed; rather than ask them to leap one more hurdle, we take our services to their homes, schools, and neighborhoods.  We are available to them not at hours that are convenient to us, but rather at hours that are convenient to them.