Mission

Empowering teen parents to succeed.

Vision

Teen parent families thrive and enrich our community.

Organizational Values

  • Person Centered | We are relentless in putting those we serve at the heart of our work
  • Respectful | We are inclusive and celebrate diversity
  • Collaborative | We build authentic relationships and partnerships
  • Innovative | We are creative trail blazers
  • Responsible | We ensure the sustainability of our core services

Strategic Goals

  1. Participant Well-being & Empowerment

    At its core is participant well-being and empowerment. We will create more opportunities for teen parents and alumni to influence how Terra operates and grows. Participant voices will shape program design, advisory conversations, and leadership roles.

  2. Moving Knowledge to Action

    Our commitment to moving knowledge to action will deepen. We will invest in research and evaluation to better understand our impact and ensure families receive support grounded in best practice.

  3. Strengthening Relationships with Community

    Strengthening community relationships remains central. Terra will welcome more volunteers, partners, and supporters into our spaces, increasing awareness of the aspirations and strengths of teen parents. As understanding grows, so too will financial and in-kind contributions that strengthen families and the broader community.

  4. Organizational Resilience & Excellence

    We will also prioritize organizational resilience and excellence by investing in the learning and development of staff, volunteers, and Board members, while optimizing governance, systems, and operations. Strong internal foundations will translate into stronger outcomes for families.

Intention Statement

Terra recognizes that it operates within a society and systems shaped by white supremacy and colonization and institutionalized discrimination and the exclusion, exploitation, and marginalization of Indigenous, Black, and people of color.

Terra strives to understand and be accountable for how white supremacy continues to impact its work at an organizational and systemic level and to address harm; implicit and explicit biases

Our intention is:

To build a foundation of awareness, knowledge and skills to be an anti-racist organization. To respond to systemic racism that creates barriers and inequality in the workplace and in society. To be an organization that embeds the principles of equity and anti-oppression to everything it undertakes.

Our goal is to actively promote diversity, equity and inclusion through an antiracism lens through policies processes and practices.