Child Poverty Action Lab

The Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL) is a Dallas-based nonprofit organization that was born out of the former Mayor’s Task Force on Poverty to address the staggering poverty rate in our city: one in three Dallas children lives in poverty, and Dallas has one of the highest child poverty rates among large cities in the United States. CPAL aims to reduce child poverty by 50% in Dallas within a generation by (1) generating data insights to break big problems into small, actionable ones; (2) facilitating cross-sector, collective action based on data insights; (3) inspiring and mobilizing advocates; (4) optimizing local, state, and federal resources; and (5) infusing innovation into the social sector.

CPAL is not a direct service provider. Rather, we support our local social impact ecosystem - particularly large public agencies - to equitably and effectively serve families living in poverty in Dallas. We apply a human-centered design lens to our work and believe that solutions must be anchored in the needs of the user.

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