LUK is a not-for-profit social service agency located in central Massachusetts dedicated to improving the lives of youth and their families.
Our Sense of Mission
LUK’s Mission Statement
To challenge and inspire youth, adults, and families to realize their unique potential through community-based prevention, intervention, education, and support services.
LUK’s Vision Statement
We partner to create communities where all people are safe, healthy, and resilient.
LUK’s Core Values
QUALITY: Providing strength-based services that are flexible, creative, and individualized.
SELF-EMPOWERMENT: Respecting and encouraging each individual to realize their strengths and intrinsic worth.
RELATIONSHIPS: Engaging individuals and their communities with passion, commitment, humor, integrity, and tenacity.
COMMUNITY: Collaborating with each other and the people we serve to identify and respond to needs.
COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE: Promoting continuous learning.
LEADERSHIP: Demonstrating responsible risk-taking and innovation.
JUSTICE: Striving for social equity for the people and communities we serve.
CELEBRATING DIVERSITY: Embracing the concepts of cultural humility and cultural responsiveness.
STEWARDSHIP: Assuring quality services are available, accessible, effective, and sustainable.