Center for Family Representation Inc

“Prior to filing, the draft is distributed to all board members for review and comment.”

“Comprehensive conflict of interest form is completed by each member of the board.”

“The board will set or approve the salary of the executive director as is required by the by-laws. The board will complete an independent review of the executive director's salary, including, but not limited to, consideration of the other c-suite salaries. In 2024, the board set salaries for the executive director, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer”

“The board will set or approve the salary of the executive director as is required by the by-laws. The board will complete an independent review of the executive director's salary, including, but not limited to, consideration of the other c-suite salaries. In 2024, the board set salaries for the executive director, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer”

“The financials and 990 returns are available on our website, other governing documents as well as cfr's conflict of interest policy are available upon request.”

“Interdisciplinary family defense teams:our mission is to defend the rights of families and prevent or minimize the time any child spends in the foster system. Most of our clients are low income black and brown parents. We defend more than 2300 parents annually and have defended nearly 14,000 parents since 2007 against charges of neglect or abuse in manhattan, queens, the bronx, and staten island family courts. Our successful model combines an attorney, a social worker, and a parent advocate-system impacted parents who have been impacted by the foster system. By combining legal and social work advocacy with parent mentoring, we consistently keep half our clients' children out of care and significantly reduce foster care stays. We save millions in tax dollars and more importantly permit children to grow up in their own families and communities.”

“Community advocacy project (cap) 608,249: cap provides 'early defense' to parents facing a city investigation of maltreatment, with the goal of avoiding a court prosecution altogether and keeping families intact and connected to services. Cap also provides parents with representation to modify the state records that correspond to a family policing investigation; the records often prevent parents from seeking employment in fields where employers regularly check these records. When a parent's family defense case is dismissed or they have overcome challenges that lead to maltreatment charges, cap assists parents with amending these records, thus expanding employment opportunities for our clients. Home for good 1,488,767: cfr families often face several challenges in addition to a family court case and often need assistance in the areas of housing (to prevent eviction and obtain stable housing), immigration (to achieve legal status and access culturally competent services), public benefits (to secure and sustain important benefits like medicaid), and in criminal court (to defend allegations that are related to their family court case). Challenges in any of these areas can lead children to enter, remain in, or re-enter the foster system. Our home for good initiative gives families an efficient one-stop solution to provide them with needed advocacy in these other areas and so keep their families stable. Our civil legal services team, immigration team, and criminal defense teams assist more than 650 families annually to keep their children home for good.”

“Training, technical assistance, and policy advocacy 15,460: annually cfr provides training and technical assistance to more than 1,500 professionals across the country, including judges, on our interdisciplinary model. Staff also regularly host community based trainings for parents and youth. To date, we have worked with over 11,000 practitioners in 20 states, who hope to replicate some or all of our nationally recognized interdisciplinary cornerstone advocacy model. Cfr staff regularly present at national conferences and sit on advisory boards and work groups directed toward legislative and policy reform to promote justice for indigent families and youth.”