Yes, it's a not-for-profit deal (ala the tax exemption at the assessor's website). No, I didn't get that idea that it's about helping "disadvantaged" or "troubled" people from my coversation with the young lady who spoke with me, or from the various websites that I visited which are involved.

Instead, I gather that this is a "bottom up", "grass roots", teaching-thing that would start their "vision" at the lowest level, individuals, schools, wherever, and has nothing to do with a rehabilitaive perspective.

I've found nothing to suggest that it is something designed to help disadvantaged or troubled people ... the young lady specifically said, when I asked about its purpose as being "rehabilitative" ... "No", she said, when I asked.

I don't think that you will find anything on the web, their sites or others, suggesting that the ventures at this locale are intended to help those down and out or less fortunate to re-create their lives ... rather, it seems to be something that intends to educate, etc., those who are already above that level. But, maybe I'm missing something. I think, from what I've read so far, that the intent is to help people like YOU and ME get OUR thinking in order. Perhaps I've missed something, but I'm pretty sure that's the case.

The thing is ... what you see at the "local" websights ...www.characterfirst.com and www.character.org ... are local snapshots, and they don't reflect or even contain links to the property owner's more general websites which might need to be looked at, and which are the parent organization for the local websites, and I've listed some of those above. I don't intend to be judgmental, but I think that all of the inter-woven-ness of all these things is fair to consider, in arriving at an objective viewpoint about the local organizations' intentions.

Do you disagree?

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