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Our Goal
To ignite transformational, generational change for young people involved with the child welfare system, improving their long-term outcomes, stability and success.
The Challenge
Children and youth involved with the child welfare system face complex challenges that put their potential — and their lives — at risk.
Yet despite decades of focused efforts to improve their outcomes, they continue to be at significantly greater risk of poverty, homelessness and mental health concerns.
The time for change is now.
Our Approach
We’re focused and acting on the most persistent barriers to long-term well-being faced by children and youth involved with the child welfare system.
Leveraging 45 years of leadership, experience and knowledge, our new strategic plan is grounded in four priority areas, identified as the most urgent by young people with lived experience, community leaders and sector experts.
Strong Families and Lifelong Connections
We will empower families and guardians to help young people thrive and ensure they have safe people and places they can count on unconditionally.
Mental Health and Well-Being
We will lead innovative solutions that ensure young people can benefit from timely, accessible and appropriate mental health support.
Education
We will advance equitable access to education by supporting meaningful, interest-driven learning and ensuring young people graduate from high school and post-secondary programs without financial barriers, ready to succeed.
Employment
We will deliver solutions that equip young people with the critical skills, resources and networks they need to secure a job, build a meaningful career and establish long-term stability and success.
Our Evolving Role
To ignite transformational, generational change for children and youth involved with the child welfare system, we are evolving the way we work.
In collaboration with young people, agency partners, governments and donors, we will:
- Continue meeting the urgent and immediate needs of young people in and from care.
- Invest in new ideas and promising initiatives that are advancing meaningful and measurable outcomes. Some may succeed and point to new and better ways to support children and youth. Some may ‘fail fast’ and that’s ok.
- Build on evidence-informed models of care with the potential to replicate and scale across the system.
How We’ll Get There: Our Strategic Priorities
To achieve our vision, we have identified five strategic priorities to guide our work, energy and resources over the next five years.
