BY-LAWS
(Amended April 2002)
Article II - Mission and Beliefs Statements
Article III - Purpose
Article IV - Membership
Article V - Meetings
Article VI - Quorum
Article VII - Voting
Article VIII - Officers and Officer Duties
Article IX - Elections
Article X - Committees
Article XI - Charge in the by-laws
Article XII - Procedure
The name of the committee shall be the �Gratiot Collaborative Council�, hereafter referred to as the GCC.
ARTICLE II � Mission and Belief Statements
The Gratiot Collaborative Council coordinates and creates opportunities that build strengths in our community in order to assist families and individuals in healthy growth, learning, and development.
We, the members of the Gratiot Collaborative Council believe:
� Working together we can accomplish more than working individually.
� Every person has worth and deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
� In local decision making.
� In assisting families and individuals.
� All people can learn.
� We are a learning organization.
� In ethical behavior.
� In taking responsibility for identifying and building community strengths.
� In prevention.
� In accountability.
� All people should be afforded opportunities for personal growth.
ARTICLE III � Purpose
The GCC coordinates and creates opportunities that build strengths in our community in order to assist families and individuals in healthy growth, learning, and development. The activities of the GCC are intended to promote the following goals:
� To make existing human services more effective through
interagency support and collaboration.
� To review, on a periodic basis, the council membership and
community involvement in the activities of the GCC.
� To advocate for the continued support and expansion of existing
human service programs which have demonstrated successful outcome measures.
� To establish new/additional programs based on a needs assessment;
a thorough review and analysis of programming alternatives; the sharing
of resources; and a community systems approach to programming.
� To facilitate change in the contributing risk factors by engaging
relevant policy makers, organizations, and the community.
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