Mission

The Child Welfare Organizing Project (CWOP) is a parent / professional partnership working for progressive change in the NYC child welfare system since 1994.

What We Do

CWOP is a parent / professional partnership dedicated to public child welfare reform in New York City through increased, meaningful parent involvement in service and policy planning. Founded in 1994 with a grant from the Child Welfare Fund to the Hunter College School of Social Work, CWOP’s early research led to the conclusion that clients, particularly biological parents, had practically no voice in NYC’s public child welfare system.