Throughout its history, CABL has continued to be a force for positive change by remaining focused on its goal of making Louisiana better. CABL's notable achievements and projects include:

• The Quantum Change Agenda -- a statewide election initiative to help inform voters and candidates about important issues, inject them into political campaigns, and hold elected officials accountable for addressing these issues after the election.
• Sponsor with LPB candidate forums in gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races.
• Fighting Poverty, Building Community, a call to action to attack the pervasive poverty that grips Louisiana
• Measuring Our Progress, a user-friendly "report card" that citizens, civic groups, elected leaders and policy makers can use to track Louisiana's progress in addressing the state's most important long-term issues
• Legislation to create the State Code of Ethics.
• Passage of ethics and campaign finance reforms
• Constitutional Amendment ending retirement benefits for part-time elected officials
• Legislation to create Rainy Day Trust Fund. 
• Preservation in permanent trust of 75% of Louisiana's $4 billion settlement with U.S. tobacco companies
• Creation of the framework for fiscal reform
• Reforms in the investment of state funds and retirement debt
• Consolidation of levee boards and tax assessors in New Orleans area.
• Development and passage of Louisiana's school accountability system.
• State takeover of failing public schools in New Orleans.
• Creation of Louisiana Recovery School District.
• Catalyst for the creation of New Schools for New Orleans to assist charter schools.
• Passage of high-quality statewide early childhood education program for at-risk children.
• Creation of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.
• Passage of charter school laws for Louisiana.
• Leader in recent state efforts to address teacher quality and redesign of high schools. 
• The Leadership Louisiana program which trains community and political leaders
• Creation and support of privately-endowed local education funds which now total several million dollars
• Development of Louisiana Public Broadcasting and the offshore Superport
• Creation of Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organziations (LANO) to support and build the nonprofit sector.