History
Founded in 1921 as a federation of approximately 70 service-providing organizations, the first director of the CWLA, C. C. Carstens, was a well established national child welfare leader and opponent of institutional care for children. Originally located in New York City, the CWLA moved to Washington, D.C. in 1985. In 2008 the organization introduced a bill in the U.S. Congress that would host the White House Conference on Children and Youth by 2010.
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