Family, Career and Community Leaders of America

Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America, Inc. (FCCLA) is a national nonprofit Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) dedicated to students in Family and Consumer Sciences education for middle school, high school, and some post-secondary students. FCCLA is unique in that it is the only CTSO with family as its central focus. FCCLA is the nation’s #1 career preparation and workforce readiness organization for students pursuing careers in Education & Training, Hospitality & Tourism, Arts & Design, Personal Finance, Human Services, and Public Service through Family and Consumer Sciences education.

As the Oregon FCCLA organization continues to expand, we are committed to providing enchanced leadership experiences and fostering both personal and chapter growth successes.

FCCLA’s mission is to promote personal growth and leadership development through Family and Consumer Sciences education. Focusing on the multiple roles of family member, wage earner and community leader, members develop skills for life through:

  • Character development
  • Creative and critical thinking
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Practical knowledge, and
  • Career and Technical preparation

  1. To provide opportunities for personal development and preparation for adult life
  2. To strengthen the function of the family as a basic unit of society
  3. To encourage democracy through cooperative action in the home and community
  4. To encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation and harmony
  5. To promote greater understanding between youth and adults
  6. To provide opportunities for making decisions and for assuming responsibilities
  7. To prepare for the multiple roles of men and women in today’s society
  8. To promote Family and Consumer Sciences and related occupations

We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.

We face the future with warm courage and high hope.

For we have the clear consciousness of seeking old and precious values.

For we are the builders of homes,

Homes for America’s future,

Homes where living will be the expression of everything that is good and fair,

Homes where truth, love, security and faith will be realities, not dreams.

We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.

We face the future with warm courage and high hope.

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