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Why An Attorney May Not Be Enough In Child Welfare Cases

“Some critics were potentially saying, ‘Are those kids as safe? If kids come home fast, is there a chance they’re coming home too fast?’” Cortese said. “This study … indicated that our clients’ children come home faster than when parents are represented by a solo practitioner, and there’s no increased repeat maltreatment.”
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CFR Presented with a $10,000 Grant

“Funding from the New York Bar Foundation enables CFR to provide free legal and social work services to vulnerable families whose children are at risk of foster care” said CFR Executive Director, Michele Cortese.
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The Crime of Parenting While Poor

“A lot of what we do is say, ‘She doesn’t need that right now,’” said Stephenson. “It’s supposedly voluntary, but there’s a lot of undertone that, ‘If you don’t, we’ll be watching.’”
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Re: “Motherhood in the Age of Fear” by Kim Brooks

“Kim Brooks’s article is an important reminder of how swiftly and energetically mothers are demonized for making decisions many parents make at some point. Ms. Brooks states that this dynamic transcends race and class, but the experience for poor mothers (and fathers) of color is vastly different from that of the parents she describes.”
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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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