Summer Public Interest Fellow Advances Justice
Sophia Francisco, a St. John's Law student, was spotlighted by the university for her Summer Public Interest Fellowship at CFR.
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Losing Your Language Through Foster Care
Emily Wall, CFR's Attorney in Charge of Appeals, was interviewed by Documented about how the lack of Asian foster parents makes family reunification harder to reach for Asian families.
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Tehra Coles: 2025 Nonprofit Trailblazer
CFR Executive Director Tehra Coles was named a 2025 Nonprofit Trailblazer by City & State New York.
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CFR Presented with a $4,609 Grant
"Funding from the New York Bar Foundation will help enable CFR to provide free and specialized attorney, social work, and paralegal assistance to these non-citizen parents so their families can remain intact."
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Opinion: Transforming Systems of Harm into Systems of Care for Black Families
In honor of Black History Month, CFR co-authored an op-ed in City Limits with Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, The Bronx Defenders, and Brooklyn Defender Services.
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Tehra Coles: 2024 Nonprofit Power Player
CFR Executive Director Tehra Coles was named a 2024 Nonprofit Power Player by PoliticsNY and amNY.
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Op-Ed: As Trump vows to target immigrants, NYC must take action now to protect families
CFR and the Immigrant Defense Project wrote a joint op-ed for amNY about the critical legal gaps that New York City must address to keep immigrant families safely together.
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Child Welfare Officials in New York Get an Earful on Hazards of CPS Hotline Practices
CFR’s Senior Policy Counsel Hannah Mercuris provided testimony on the need to end mandated reporting, the racial disparities embedded in the ways abuse and neglect allegations are reported and investigated, and OCFS' continued lack of transparency about the SCR.
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“We are Part of the Fabric that Makes this Country”: CFR Staff Members On Hispanic Heritage Month
To commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month, CFR interviewed three of our passionate staff members: Sara Lewis, Senior Staff Attorney; Ysmerlyn Murshed, Social Work Supervisor; and Rosalynn Diaz, Senior Family Advocate.
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Common Terms We Use
Learn more about the common terms we use at CFR and why we choose to use certain language like the family policing system instead of the child welfare system in order to accurately reflect the reality that thousands of Black and Brown families experience every day.
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