- About Block Institute
Our Mission
Block Institute is dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals and families of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Our Vision
- Leader in Change: We will become the agency others look to when they want to see the future of this field.
- Financial Stability: In order to provide desired services, we must remain in business by being exceptional financial stewards.
- Growth: We will look to build upon what we have, to serve more and to serve better.
- Technology: The improved use of technology by both the people we serve and our employees helps us achieve desired outcomes and achieve them more efficiently.
Values:
Our Core Value, from which all others flow, is: The needs and desires of the individuals we serve come first.
- Community: We are not a special segment of our community, we are our community.
- Respect: We listen, encourage, acknowledge and appreciate those we serve, and those who serve. We need to ensure competency and empowerment.
- Accountability: If it is to be, it’s up to me.
- Innovation: We don’t want to reinvent the wheel; we want to create its replacement.
- Quality: What we do, we do well.
- Transparency: We strive to be crystal clear about what we do, how we do it and why we do it.