WHO WE ARE
What We Do
The Mayor’s Office of Children & Family Success brings together the tools of city government, our city’s collective love for children and the vast assets of our community to radically improve the lives of Baltimore’s children and families.
How We Do It
We focus the three most powerful tools of city government—convening power, policymaking authority and resources—on the well-being of children and families.
We leverage every available community asset.
We engage deeply with residents, the business community, nonprofit organizations and local and state government agencies to advance a clear set of priorities.
We deliver the ecosystem of supports that:
families need to be self-sustaining and strong
children and youth need to reach their full potential
all communities need to thrive
What Drives Us
We are powered by our core values of love and community and by the seven priorities of the Baltimore Children’s Cabinet:
Increase early childhood development
Decrease youth food insecurity
Decrease youth homelessness
Increase youth literacy
Increase trauma-informed care for youth
Increase youth diversion practices
Break down historical barriers to success for Black boys and young men
Strategic Framework
In January, 2020 we joined some 250 community members who participated in our community design sessions and key partners to celebrate the incredibly important work they did in 2019 to set the Office of Children & Family Success on a path to radically improve the lives of Baltimore’s children and families. And we very publicly put a stake in the ground: We will take the good and far-reaching work happening on behalf of Baltimore’s children and families and take it from good to impactful.
