CWLA’s Strategic Plan | 2025 – 2027

We are excited to share CWLA’s new Strategic Plan, which calls for our collective action to address the complexities facing America’s children and families. With this Plan, we signal unwavering commitment to advancing equity and ensuring the well-being of all children, youth, families, and communities through:

Equitable Policies and Practices that start with a bold national family policy agenda to address the root causes, like systemic racism and intergenerational poverty, that undermine family stability.

Knowledge and Know-How that brings forward the best of what we know from research and lived experience to shape and strengthen what we do in practice.

Growth and Sustainability: Over the next three years, we will refresh our brand, modernize how we engage our members, and simplify our membership structure to make it easier to join and renew so that CWLA continues to be your go-to for knowledge, expertise, and connections.

We’ve identified 3 collaborative results to measure progress toward our vision:

Systemic racism and poverty are dismantled, paving the way for equity and justice.

Harmful disparities in child welfare are eliminated.

Youth served by child welfare are empowered to flourish as adults.