The Childhood Development Initiative (CDI) works to improve outcomes for children, families and communities in Tallaght and throughout Ireland. To do this:

• We deliver evidence-informed prevention and early intervention programmes, in partnership with communities and services;
• We support the child and family workforce through professional development training and consultancies.

CDI Vision and Mission

CDI Vision:

Every child in Ireland is thriving, healthy, happy and free from poverty.

CDI Mission:

We will improve outcomes for children by delivering quality, integrated, evidence-informed services and workforce development through partnership and innovation.

CDI Core Principles:

• We work in partnership with people, taking a strengths-based, family- and child-centred approach focused on children’s rights, responding to needs and driving change;
• We use evidence, innovation and progressive universalism to underpin our work;
• Tallaght is our home, and we prioritise the needs of this community. We are also committed to transparently sharing our learning to inform policy and practice nationally and internationally;
• We are respectful, inclusive, collaborative, relationship-focused and believe in having fun while we work hard.