CPHA is a civic action organization that brings together people and neighborhoods to create innovative solutions to challenging, community-wide problems. In recent years, CPHA played a significant leadership role in the community outreach elements of the Opportunity Collaborative, a HUD program based at the Baltimore Metropolitan Council aimed at reforming regional planning organizations to move beyond transportation-focused work to integrate and address housing and workforce issues. After an executive transition in 2015, this grant funded general operating costs while the new executive began defining CPHA’s strategic direction for the future.