The Bronx Defenders

Filing Period

Oct 1, 2009 to Sep 30, 2010

Signed

Apr 28, 2011

Return Version

2009v1.7

Gross Receipts

$10,400,006

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

FAMILY DEFENSE PRACTICE - The Family Defense Practice represents parents charged with abuse or neglect in the Bronx. The attorneys and social workers in the practice use our office's proven interdisciplinary approach, responding to families' needs and preventing repeat instances of neglect and abuse. In 2007, The Bronx Defenders was selected by the City of New York to expand this successful model and become the first institutional provider of parent representation in Bronx Family Court. In 2010 we served 1,000 families.

Activity 3

CIVIL ACTION PRACTICE - At The Bronx Defenders, our unique service model allows us the opportunity to intervene early when a client's ability to meet her basic needs is jeopardized, addressing problems before they become crises. Our civil attorneys work directly with other advocates in our office to provide holistic, integrated representation to our clients and their families and to find comprehensive solutions to the obstacles they face. Together, they work to preserve clients hard-earned jobs, maintain stable housing and public benefits, correct rap sheet errors, keep clients in the country with their families, and educate justice stakeholders. But most of all, our Civil Action Practice helps our clients fight their way out of the vicious cycle of poverty to improve their lives.

Filer

EIN

13-3931074