Mission & VisionOur MissionFamilies with Pets strives to end domestic violence and homelessness for adults and their owners through comprehensive services, advocacy, and community education. FWP works to create a world in which every individual has the basic human right to be free from gender-based violence and to engage in relationships that embrace the principles of respect, equality, and safety.Our Guiding PrinciplesWe are always advocates:    Transformative: We strongly believe that integrating a world-changing approach into all areas of our work is essential to ending domestic violence and adult homelessness with their pets. We do this with our clients, through individualized collaboration; in the community, through teen prevention and adult education; and on an institutional level, through legislative and public policy work.We are client-centered:    Trauma-informed: We acknowledge that trauma looks different for every person. We view each client as an autonomous individual with varied experiences and a complex spectrum of needs that we approach in multiple ways.    Compassionate: We support clients’ decisions about their lives with empathy and without judgement, and honor their stories.    Safety: We are committed to maximizing our clients’ physical and emotional safety, through shelter, safety planning, and legal resources.We act with integrity:    High Quality of Client Care: We aspire to the highest standards of service, best professional practices, and ongoing education. We are accountable to do what we say we are going to do.    Confidential: We safeguard information entrusted to us by our clients and honor their decisions about what and when to share.    Ethical: We act honorably and ethically at all times and put the client first, even when navigating challenging situations.    Open-minded: We are not tied to one particular outcome. With humility, we recognize that we might not be right all the time, and we listen attentively and inquisitively.We are collaborative:    Innovation: We continually re-envision strategies to help our clients surmount individual and systemic obstacles and maximize our impact despite limited resources.    Partnership: We partner with our clients and FWP colleagues across departments and roles to coordinate services and incorporate interdisciplinary perspectives.    Resourcefulness: We creatively identify potential allies and nurture relationships with other governmental and non-governmental local, state, and federal agencies.