CSET

Mission

CSET seeks to strengthen youth, families, and communities through education, employment training, youth development, housing, mentoring, community and leadership building, job creation, environmental stewardship and other strategies that support self-reliant families and caring communities.

Vision

We share a vision for all communities and residents of Tulare County to gain the knowledge, skills and resources needed to climb ladders leading to the American Dream. We see children, youth, parents, and families all learning to be competitive in a world transformed by technology and global economic forces, a flat world with new challenges to local economies and new opportunities for individuals.

We see the American Dream for all in education, health, housing, employment, the environment, economic self-sufficiency, and civic/community engagement. We will see our success in the eyes of youth excited to succeed in school and get jobs, of parents who purchase their first homes, of grandparents who breathe more easily in cleaner air, and in the eyes of families whose steady employment supports them beyond each paycheck.

We are committed to serving as a resource for Tulare County residents and communities to move up the ladders of opportunity. Thus we will continue to strengthen our organization by developing our own leadership, with integrity in all aspects of our work as our prime value, by working as a close team within our ranks and with numerous and diverse partners, by continuing a positive working environment, and by increasing opportunities for our Board and staff to exemplify a learning organization.