MACAE Mission: 

Our mission is to strengthen and educate the whole family and community by promoting the highest quality professional development, research, resources, and local, state and federal advocacy for lifelong learning. 

Our Beliefs: 

We believe that:

• Everyone can learn.
• Learning is essential at every age.
• Every person has value and deserves to be treated with respect.
• Everyone in the community shares the responsibility for the mission of educating all members of the community.
• The family is the single most powerful influence on an individual.
• There is strength in diversity.
• Positive human interaction fosters viable communities.