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October 14, 2025

CFR Named a “Top Workplace” by City & State New York

CFR has been featured on City & State New York's list of top workplaces for 2025. The list features 51 of the best places to work in the world of NY politics and policy, including governmental, nonprofit and for-profit organizations.

October 8, 2025

Op-Ed: This Administration Is Targeting Parents’ Due Process Rights and Children’s Welfare

An op-ed by Zoe Schonfeld and Medha Venugopal from CFR's immigration team was published in the New York Law Journal.

September 25, 2025

Reporters can move child welfare coverage beyond tragedy

Child welfare is a $10B federal system with local impacts. Reporters should treat it as a beat, not an afterthought, writes Steve Volk for Poynter.

August 12, 2025

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.

June 23, 2025

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.

May 19, 2025

Tehra Coles: 2025 Nonprofit Trailblazer

CFR Executive Director Tehra Coles was named a 2025 Nonprofit Trailblazer by City & State New York.

April 9, 2025

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."

February 27, 2025

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.

December 4, 2024

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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