Black parents in NY need to know their rights
CFR and other leading public defender organizations wrote a joint op-ed for Black History Month about the importance of Black parents knowing their rights.
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“Black History is Every Day”: CFR Staff Members On Black History Month
Every day, CFR staff members work on behalf of predominantly poor Black and Brown families who are targeted and surveilled by systems of family policing and youth incarceration. To commemorate Black History Month, which honors the triumphs and struggles of Black people throughout U.S. history, we interviewed four CFR staff members: Alicia Williams, Chief Operating …
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NYC parents facing child welfare investigations set to get rights notices
Jennifer Feinberg, CFR litigation supervisor, was quoted in a Gothamist article about ACS's expansion of a pilot program that informs parents under investigation about their legal rights via written letter.
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Advocates push NY lawmakers to pass Kyra’s Law
Jennifer Feinberg, CFR litigation supervisor, was quoted in a Gothamist article about Kyra's Law. CFR believes that the law can have unintended negative consequences.
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New Legal Advocacy Model Aims to Better Support Rochester-Area Parents in New York Family Court
Jennifer Feinberg, CFR litigation supervisor, was quoted in an Imprint article about the expansion of the family defense model that CFR pioneered.
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Teens in NYC detention centers are sleeping on the ground due to overcrowding, staff say
Sandeep Kandhari, director of CFR's Youth Defense Practice, was quoted in a Gothamist article about how teens in juvenile jails are being forced to sleep on the ground in common areas, including hallways and classrooms, due to overcrowding.
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Defending Justice Against Family Policing
CFR Executive Director Tehra Coles discusses her professional journey, the work that CFR does, the “wrongness and racism at the core of the family policing system,” the trauma of separation, and the hope and necessity of abolition on the Mining for Gold podcast.
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Brooklyn Defenders Joins Fight Against Racial Bias in NYC Family Policing System
CFR and other leading public defender organizations were mentioned in this piece about our joint testimony condemning the stark racial disparities and inequities that permeate New York's system of family policing (commonly referred to as the "child welfare" system).
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June is National Family Preservation Month and Child Removals Should Be Minimized
CFR and other leading public defender organizations wrote a joint op-ed for National Family Preservation Month about the importance of keeping families together and investing in them and their communities.
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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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