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2025-2027 Strategic Plan

ACPA is excited to introduce the 2025-2027 Strategic Plan, a bold roadmap designed to drive growth, enhance our impact, and empower our community. Officially approved by the Board of Directors on February 13, 2025, this plan reaffirms our commitment to advancing care, supporting members, and improving outcomes for patients and families.

 

Advance Comprehensive EDUCATION

Nurture comprehensive, accessible educational pathways that address specialty gaps and elevate interdisciplinary patient care while strengthening the craniofacial community.

  • Enhance educational infrastructure to ensure high-standard, high-quality care
  • Expand educational content to address critical knowledge gaps
  • Improve care accessibility to remove financial, linguistic, and technological barriers
  • Foster next generation engagement to secure the future of comprehensive team care

Delivery of Quality TEAM CARE

Synthesize and optimize the delivery of exceptional team care by integrating clinical practice with the Parameters of Care, a strengthened team approval process, and discipline-specific standards.

  • Revitalize team approval process to establish consistent quality standards
  • Establish comprehensive clinical guidelines to facilitate best practices across disciplines
  • Identify quality metrics to measure effectiveness of care delivery
  • Enhance team care access to ensure all patients receive quality care regardless of location or resources

 

RESEARCH Advancement & Innovation

Cultivate and invest in impactful research initiatives that advance scientific knowledge and improve clinical outcomes through evidence-based inquiry and innovation.

  • Establish research infrastructure to create a sustainable foundation to advance knowledge
  • Develop research support systems to enable broader participation in research
  • Enhance research dissemination to ensure findings reach and benefit the community
  • Strengthen research impact to translate scientific discoveries into improved outcomes

Amplify the VOICE of Patients & Families

Champion and amplify the voices of patients and families affected by cleft palate and craniofacial differences/conditions by integrating their lived experiences throughout ACPA’s leadership, programs, and advocacy efforts to enhance understanding and improve care delivery.

  • Strengthen representation in leadership to ensure ACPA authentically reflects the needs of patients
  • Enhance patient voice in programs to deepen understanding of lived experiences
  • Build strategic partnerships to create a unified, powerful voice for the community
  • Advance patient-centered advocacy to influence policy, improve access, and create positive change
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ACPA supports, educates and encourages families at critical points in their cleft and craniofacial journeys. Your gift supports ACPA as we create a world where individuals with cleft and craniofacial conditions thrive.

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