Our Mission

We partner with people to access support, care, and resources.

Vision

People find human services to shape their own lives.  

Core Values Recovery Principles
  • Honestly and integrity
  • Pursuit of excellence
  • Open communication
  • Diversity and inclusion
  • Commitment to service
  • Respect
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Hope
  • Self management and autonomy
  • Dignity and self respect
  • Tolerance and forgiveness
  • Adaptability and capacity to change
  • Restoration and personal growth
  • Personal responsibility
    and productivity
  • Peer support and community life
  • Acceptance and self awareness

By embracing the core values and principles of a recovery model, ESH provides services that empower individuals, instill hope and support self-discovery and independence. Recovery is the personal process of living a satisfying, hopeful and contributing life while managing the challenges of a mental illness.

Nonviolence Statement

Eastern State Hospital is a place to heal.  To be a healing place, we all work to keep this a safe and nonviolent environment.  We ask that we all avoid violence in any form.  Violence is not an acceptable behavior in this community.  Violence includes:

  • Acts of hitting, or striking out
  • Using language, words, or gestures that hurt another person, put them down, ridicule them
  • Threats of violence through words or actions
  • Hurting yourself in any way
  • Damaging property

With this expectation, we can all make this a safe place that has a sense of security and trust.