Children & Youth Community Plan

The Children & Youth Community Plan (CYCP) establishes long-term, community-wide priorities for youth and the specific action steps necessary to realize those priorities through the coordination, alignment and delivery of effective services to all Alexandrian children and youth from birth to 21 years-old and their families.
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Children & Youth Community Plan (CYCP) 2025 and Reports

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Children & Youth Community Plan 2025

In 2021, Alexandria celebrated the release of its second Children and Youth Community Plan (CYCP), a roadmap for how our community will work together to create the conditions for all young people to thrive in Alexandria. It is framed around preventing ACEs while increasing Developmental Assets.

CYCP Report Card

CYCP Report Cards

Each month, the City’s Department of Community and Human Services publishes a “Children and Youth Community Plan Report Card” that will engage the public on the progress of the CYCP. Each Report Card will help tell the unique story about Alexandria’s children and youth.

CYCP Impact Report

CYCP Impact Report 2021-2025

Out later in 2025, the CYCP Impact Report highlights Alexandria’s progress toward better outcomes for children and youth over the last four years. It shares key data trends, community accomplishments, and priorities for building a more equitable city where all young people can thrive. 

Alexandria's 2025 Youth Needs Assessment

2025 Youth Needs Assessment

In November 2025, the City of Alexandria released the 2025 Youth Needs Assessment. This assessment is a powerful snapshot of what matters most to Alexandria’s young people. More than 1,100 youth across the city were engaged as changemakers in a participatory action research process, sharing their voices, experiences, and solutions through surveys, 94 listening sessions, and collaborative analysis. Their input shines a light on the issues they care about most. This report will guide the development of Alexandria’s next Children and Youth Community Plan (CYCP), helping ensure that city leaders, schools, and community organizations center youth priorities and work together to build a more equitable, supportive, and youth-friendly city.

Read the Assessment.

Alexandria's Children & Youth Master Plan 2014 & Report

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Alexandria's Children & Youth Master Plan (CYMP) 2014

The Children, Youth & Families Collaborative Commission developed the first Children and Youth Master Plan (2014) as the basis for the coordination, alignment and delivery of effective services to all city children and youth from birth to 21 years-old and their families. 

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CYMP Five Year Report (2014-2019)

The Children, Youth and Families Collaborative Commission (CYFCC) has released its “Children and Youth Master Plan Five Year Report” that highlights successes combating issues that impact the lives of children and families in our community.

CYCP Goals, Strategies, & Implementation

CYCP Goals & Strategies

Goals & Strategies

The CYCP envisions that, “All of Alexandria’s children and youth can thrive today and tomorrow” and sets three goals for arriving at that vision. Within each of these goals are strategies for preventing ACEs and promoting Developmental Assets.

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How the Work Gets Done

Achieving the goals and strategies in the CYCP involves all of our efforts. Learn who is involved in moving the Plan's initiatives forward. It’s important to note that this Plan ties together many of the strategic plans set forth by Alexandria’s youth-serving community.

Additional CYCP Materials

Why Assets Matter

Alexandria's Developmental Assets

Learn about the 40 positive supports and strengths that young people need to succeed - also known as "Developmental Assets" - and how Alexandria is doing in promoting these assets, upcoming events and trainings, and more.

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RAISE: A Trauma Informed Community Network

RAISE is a network of individuals and systems who work together to build a more trauma-informed and resilient community. Learn more about RAISE and how you can be involved.

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Children, Youth, & Families Collaborative Commission

The Children, Youth & Families Collaborative Commission (CYFCC) developed the Plan. Learn more about the Commission, comprised of community leaders and key City and Alexandria City Public Schools staff, and its work.

Resource Directory for Youth

Resource Directory for Alexandria Youth and Young Adults

This Resource Directory for Youth and Young Adults is an inventory of the many programs, services, and resources available to youth and young adults in Alexandria. It was built for youth to use to find resources that promote their well-being in the City.

Unified Planning Among Key Organizations to Improve Lives

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Alexandria prides itself on being a concerned, caring and engaged community – one which works collaboratively for the benefit of those who live here and the larger public interests. Alexandrians view themselves individually but also, as part of this larger collective wishing to improve the lives of all who live in the city.

In 2019, the “perfect storm” of opportunity presented itself when the timing of revisions to three major city-related plans coincided – the Alexandria City Public Schools’ (ACPS) Strategic Plan, the Department of Community and Human Services’ (DCHS) Children and Youth Master Plan (CYMP), and the Alexandria Health Department and the Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria’s Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). These organizations established a Unified Planning Team in the spring of 2019 and found partnering to develop their plans collectively provided added value to each through the opportunity to maximize collective community engagement, use and focus on the most important data, and focus on shared outcomes.

The result of working together, instead of in isolation, should prove beneficial to all in Alexandria and serve as a model for future efforts in our community. We invite you to view the outcome of this unified planning work here.

While developing these plans is important, implementing them successfully is even more important. As a result, the Unified Planning Team will evolve into a Unified Implementation Team to continue the partnership during implementation of these plans over the next five years and continue to ensure alignment of actions, collective community engagement, use of data, and sharing of resources, when possible.