In 2019, Family League set out to create a strategic plan to guide its work over the next several years. This journey started with the development of a Community Health Needs Assessment conducted by Morgan State University School of Community Health and Policy, under the leadership of Dean Kim Sydnor and through the support of the Bainum Family Foundation and the Goldseker Foundation. This assessment reflects on many decades of historical and intentionally created inequities along racial lines and examines the lingering impacts that show up as health, education, and economic differences between neighborhoods. Finally, it listens to community voices and shares recommended solutions heard in focus groups and one-on-one interviews.

Family League’s Board of Directors and staff have used the findings of the Community Health Needs Assessment and additional interviews with many of its partners and grantees to choose a set of Strategic Priorities upon which to build a successful plan of action. While Family League will continue to center its work across all eight (8) domains identified by the State of Maryland as Results of Child Well-Being, the organization will focus on bringing about change in the following three priority results areas through 2024: Children are Successful in School; Families are Economically Stable; and Communities are Safe for Children, Youth, and Families.

All of this is done in pursuit of The Bold Goal, the North Star of our work and what we ultimately hope to achieve as an organization. It states that, powered by and in partnership with community, we will address inequities in education, health, and economic opportunity through an anti-racist lens to ensure that positive outcomes can be a reality for all Baltimoreans.