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Mission, Vision and Values

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Mission:
Helping people

Vision:
Be the trusted partner

Values:

  • Treat people right
  • Take care of each other
  • Never settle
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Our nonprofit affiliates

As a parent company, LifeView Group includes three nonprofit affiliates:

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Lakeview Center

Lakeview Center is Northwest Florida’s most comprehensive behavioral health care provider. With more than 60 programs ranging from outpatient counseling and psychiatry to 24/7 residential treatments and mental health crisis support, our specialized team members provide hope and healing for some of the most vulnerable in our area, including adults and children with mental illnesses, drug and alcohol dependencies and intellectual disabilities. Faced with a rising need for mental health and substance misuse care, Lakeview Center has grown with our community since 1954.

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FamiliesFirst Network

FamiliesFirst Network provides child protective services and case management in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton counties. Our dedicated team works closely with kids and parents, offering support that helps keep families safely together whenever possible. When children must be placed in out-of-home foster care, we focus on helping families reunify in a safe and stable environment. For young adults transitioning out of foster care, FamiliesFirst Network provides services helping youth build independent, successful lives.

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Global Connections to Employment

Global Connections to Employment (GCE) is one of the nation’s largest private employers of people with disabilities. With operations in 14 states and Washington, D.C., we partner with the U.S. military, government agencies, commercial businesses, and community organizations to deliver award-winning services. From information technology and contact center support to food service, custodial, and facilities management, GCE offers a broad range of career paths that help individuals thrive and contribute to the communities we serve.

As a comprehensive human services organization, we can bridge gaps unlike any other agency.

Substance misuse and mental health issues can potentially overlap into child abuse, abandonment and neglect. That’s where our FamiliesFirst Network team can step in to help ensure the safety of children while our Lakeview Center behavioral health care teams work with the parents to receive recovery services. FamiliesFirst also serves foster children with special needs, supported by Lakeview Center. As children and families’ needs expand and contract, our teams collaborate to adapt and develop innovative solutions in serving Gulf Coast families.

We also help persons with disabilities who are seeking meaningful work and independence. Global Connections to Employment provides job opportunities across a diverse pool of business lines, from facilities maintenance to food services and contact center support to IT services. This includes people with mental health needs and intellectual disabilities served at Lakeview Center. GCE also provides opportunities to young adults aging out of the foster care system served through FamiliesFirst Network.

Because of LifeView Group, people with mental illnesses and addiction disorders can get the treatments they need, people with disabilities can find employment, and children who have experienced abuse or neglect can know safety and stability.

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Our impact

LifeView Group and our three affiliates are non-profit 501c3 organizations, operating with support from our community and our valued partners, as well as legislative funding. We are a 2,700-employee human services organization that impacts lives in 14 states, plus Washington, D.C.

Our promise is to continue listening and adapting to meet you where you are on your life journey. We are here to help and consider it a privilege to serve.

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Trauma-informed care

The human spirit is remarkably resilient in overcoming barriers, but we all need a little help sometimes. That’s why our team practices trauma-informed care, which is woven into our culture, helping us build trust with the people we serve. Trauma-informed care helps broach sensitive topics while ensuring inclusion, empathy and non-judgmental interactions. Through this approach, our team asks permission, offers control and finds support for each individual. We get to know each person’s history without being invasive. Learn more.