A New Way of Collaborating
Due to the complexity of child poverty within the context of siloed resources, historical disparity, and vested interests, coordination across stakeholders is more difficult and necessary than ever. CPAL is built on the premise that the moral and economic imperative to reduce child poverty can incite new levels of collaboration and maximize the impact potential of our shared resources through the following theory of change:
CPAL’s Role
This approach to needle-moving impact has been adopted based on the national best practice learnings from 15 of history’s most important and massive social impact successes.
Bringing Leadership and Resources Together
As an outgrowth of the high profile GrowSouth initiative, a first-of-its-kind council comprised of chief executives from our local systems-level public agencies began meeting to elevate child poverty as a common agenda requiring collective action. With CPAL as the convener, this unique collection of cross-agency leadership will continue meeting quarterly, along with select advisory organizations and community members, to align resources and activate strategies that can achieve impact at scale.
Systems-Level CEOs
City of Dallas
Eric Johnson, Mayor
T.C. Broadnax, City Manager
Dallas Independent School District
Dr. Stephanie Elizalde, Superintendent
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Dr. Frederick Cerise, President & CEO
Dallas County
Clay Jenkins, County Judge
John Creuzot, District Attorney
Dr. Philip Huang, Director of Health and Human Services
Dallas Police Department
Eddie Garcia, Chief of Police
Workforce Solutions of Greater Dallas
Laurie Larrea, President
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Nadine Lee, President & Chief Executive Officer
Dallas College
Dr. Justin Lonon, Chancellor
Dallas Housing Authority
Troy Broussard, CEO
Partner Organizations
Over 70 partner organizations, including…
How do we take action together?
CPAL uses data to inform collective action.
