About One Place
Formerly known as Onslow County Partnership for Children, One Place is a large child- and family-serving nonprofit organization in Onslow County, North Carolina. For 25 years, One Place has worked to strengthen the systems of care surrounding children and families through public-private partnerships. One Place believes that children are no small matter and by investing in children and families, we can provide the resources and programs to end child abuse and create a stronger, more resilient future for our community.
Our Values:
Act Responsibly: Embracing internal and external accountability for the organization and those we serve with integrity and good character.
Be Innovative: Seeking solutions through flexibility and creativity and introducing new methods and ideas.
Engage Collaboratively: Working jointly to build on individual strengths and create positive outcomes.
Be Inclusive: Honoring everyone’s differences as vital assets that enrich our community and strengthen our collective power to make positive changes.
Seek to Understand: Improving each other, our organization, and those we serve through informed decision-making based on data, objectivity, past learnings, and genuine curiosity.
Exemplify Servant Leadership: Being a servant leader to bring order and stability to our constituents, organization, and community.
Our Vision
All children and families are safe, healthy, and living to their fullest potential.
Our Mission
When they have challenges, we connect all children and their families
to programs and resources that provide opportunities and hope.
Why
One Place
is important to Onslow County
In order to build a strong and resilient community, we work to ensure that all children have a strong foundation and a healthy start. The first 2,000 days of a child’s life are essential for their future success. We partner with families, community agencies and professionals in the early childhood community to provide high-quality early learning environments that encourage healthy brain development and supportive, nurturing relationships that enable children to thrive. We work to raise awareness about child abuse and its impact on Onslow County and help educate our community about our role in protecting children and reporting abuse. Together, we continue to build a caring and responsive community with the necessary programs and resources available to families to help them succeed, prevent child abuse and maximize the chances that all children in Onslow County will become successful adults. When we get it right for all children, we get it right for the entire community because children are no small matter.
One Place was founded by a small group of concerned citizens in 1998 as the Onslow County Partnership for Children with $100,000 in private grant funding and a vision to ensure a healthy childhood for all children in Onslow County. From humble beginnings as an all-volunteer organization, OCPC grew exponentially into a thriving nonprofit that now provides distinct programs and services to thousands of Onslow County children and families annually. The organization was renamed One Place in 2021, representing the “one place” families can go to connect with resources that will help them succeed. At One Place, we take pride in our ability to leverage community relationships as we identify emerging needs, then develop and implement collaborative solutions to address them.
