Mission Statement

Better Lives is an organization represented by people with lived experience who are passionately committed to provide exceptional training on person centered practices that results in action that supports people to live their best life.

We Believe:

• We need to listen to people, listen again and act on what we hear.
• People with Lived Experience are the experts about who they are and what they want to do in their life.
• Peer to Peer relationships are based on equity, empowerment, shared experiences, hope and something unspoken.
• When assumptions are made or we try to fix people we take their power away.
• All people should have the support they need to live in communities they choose.
• Training, technical assistance, demonstration and action on person centered practices can change paradigms for individuals and organizations. 
• Creating organization Silos is only good for the Silos. We believe that service organizations should collaborate, share resources and exist solely to support the person live the life they want, not a label.
• We believe that everyone brings value to their community and when just one person is excluded the thread of the community is broken.