CFR’s mission is to defend the rights of parents and youth through free, holistic interdisciplinary legal and social work representation. We fight for the integrity of families, primarily low-income Black and brown parents and youth targeted by systems of family regulation and incarceration. CFR’s model supports parents in raising their children with self-determination, reduces reliance on the foster system and youth incarceration, and addresses the underlying causes of family instability. We represent parents and youth in the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens; we provide training and technical assistance to more than 500 practitioners annually from around the country; and we work to promote systemic change that dignifies and benefits youth and families.
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40 Worth Street
Suite 605
New York, NY 10013, US
89-14 Parsons Blvd.
2nd Fl
Jamaica, New York 11432, US
190 East 162nd Street
Bronx, New York 10451, US
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We're #hiring! As we continue to expand our services, CFR has a number of open staff attorney positions in Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. If you're looking to make a difference in the lives of low-income families across New York City, apply to work with us today! https://bit.ly/4djcmgG
Here at CFR, we believe in investing in families — and that means putting vital resources directly into their hands. CFR’s recently-launched Client Emergency Fund does just that for families in need. Listen to CFR staff discuss the importance and impact of our Client Emergency Fund. You can support our work at cfrny.org/donation.
We're #hiring! As we continue to expand our services, CFR has a number of open staff attorney positions in Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. If you're looking to make a difference in the lives of low-income families across New York City, apply to work with us today! https://bit.ly/4djcmgG
We're #hiring! Help make a difference in the lives of non-citizen parents impacted by systems of family policing in Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. Apply here: https://bit.ly/3LzdKyO Our Senior Staff Attorney for Immigration will represent clients in removal proceedings in Immigration Court, in affirmative immigration applications before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, and in other applicable administrative and judicial proceedings. As we continue to expand our services, CFR has a number of additional openings on our Careers page: https://bit.ly/4djcmgG
CFR aims to connect with parents before an ACS investigation even begins to ensure that they are informed of their rights. Throughout the year, CFR hosts Know Your Rights presentations across the city, particularly in neighborhoods where ACS involvement is most concentrated. Listen to Sandeep Kandhari, CFR’s Youth Defense Practice Director, discuss the trainings we offer and why they are so important. “We do a lot of Know Your Rights trainings, because we know that rights on paper look the same, but in real life, they look really different.” Read more about our work at https://lnkd.in/eb425wD9 and https://lnkd.in/gP4AfSgC.
CFR is thrilled to announce that in the fall of 2024, we will be opening our fourth office on Staten Island — marking the fourth borough we will serve! We look forward to filling the gap in resources for Staten Island families targeted and surveilled by the family policing system by providing the same high-quality, interdisciplinary services that families in other boroughs have had access to for years. In 2023 alone, CFR served over 2,000 families with over 5,000 children; 56% of our clients avoided the foster system altogether. We will share our Staten Island location and opening details as soon as they become available. In the meantime, if you are interested in joining our Staten Island team, please take a look at the open positions on our website: https://lnkd.in/etQJp_Xc. And if you’d like to support our work, please consider making a donation to CFR: https://lnkd.in/eqbvD_Zs.
CFR is still accepting applications for our Junior Board of Directors! CFR’s Junior Board is a volunteer council of professionals, community members, and supporters who promote and advocate on behalf of CFR through events, fundraising, and volunteer opportunities. Those impacted by the family policing system are highly encouraged to apply. https://lnkd.in/ebpefkAu
CFR offers much more than legal services. Here at CFR, we defend the rights of parents and youth through free, holistic interdisciplinary legal and social work representation. Each client works with a CFR team of a lawyer, social worker, and parent or family advocate. Listen to CFR’s Social Work Supervisor discuss the importance of our work and the impact of our holistic approach to serving clients. Learn more about CFR’s work and our model at https://lnkd.in/eUKdGb54.
We're #hiring for two new Parent Advocate roles! Our Parent Advocate, Community Engagement Specialist will work under the supervision of the Parent Advocate Supervisor, Community Engagement to help shepherd the overall coordination and daily work of the department on a range of CFR’s community engagement initiatives and projects for cultivating and maintaining CFR’s work with community partners. Apply here: https://bit.ly/3SpwSDB Our Parent Advocate for Policy will serve on CFR’s interdisciplinary policy team, working to advance anti-racist policies that seek to eliminate or reduce the harms of the family regulation, adult and youth incarceration, immigration, and housing systems. Apply here: https://bit.ly/3VWzqd1
This past June, CFR Social Work Supervisor Ysmerlyn Murshed and Family Advocate Gloria Moran tabled at a Resource Day in Jamaica, Queens for newly-arrived asylum seekers. Throughout the day they connected with dozens of asylum-seekers residing in NYC HERCS shelters, passing out Know Your Rights materials, toiletry bags, and snacks. Learn more about our Community Advocacy Project: https://bit.ly/3OO1bQy