2024 Maryland General Assembly Legislative Session Summary
by: Aubrey Edwards-Luce
CFCC is proud of its advocacy efforts during Maryland’s 446th legislative session. We exceeded our goals and learned some very valuable lessons. Our activity also made an impact this session, with one bill that CFCC opposed not progressing and two bills that CFCC supported advancing to Gov. Wes Moore’s desk for signing. Continue…
CFCC News
CFCC's June Newsletter Focuses on CFCC Advocacy for families. Read the full article and subscribe to future communications.
On May 2, TCAP Coordinator Rohina Zavala, and TCAP Case Manager Christopher Kelly were featured on WYPR's "On the Record," on a segment addressing chronic absenteeism, "Why are so many Maryland students missing school?"
You Can Make a Difference for TCP Families
CFCC’s Truancy Court Program operates in some of Baltimore’s most underserved neighborhoods, where the reasons students miss school can include a wide range of stressors—including violence, poverty, poor health, substance use, grief, homelessness, and unemployment, to name a few. In addition to delivering spring break food baskets to families each year, CFCC maintains a fund to help students meet ongoing challenges that pop up throughout the year. Your contributions make this possible. Thank you for helping to support Baltimore City students and their families!
CFCC in the Spotlight
June 7 and 8, 2024, CFCC Faculty Director Shanta Trivedi presented Distributing Your Ideas at the 2024 AALS Workshop for New Law Teachers.
May 26, 2024 Trivedi’s l etter to the editor , responding to the article What Happens When Abusive Parents Keep their Children , was published in The New York Times .
May 22, 2024, Trivedi presented “Am I Still a Parent?” The Devastating Effects of Family Policing on Parents at the University of Richmond Junior Faculty Forum.
May 17, 2024, Trivedi presented A Legal and Social Science Framework for Considering the Harm of the Removal at The Counsel for Child Abuse and Neglect, in Washington, D.C.
May 14, 2024, Trivedi presented A Legal and Social Science Framework for Considering the Harm of the Removal for the Committee for Public Counsel, Boston, Massachusetts.
May 7, 2024, Trivedi presented The Constitution Applies to CINA Cases , at The Annual Meeting of the Maryland Office of Public Defender.
May 3, 2024 - Sophie Alpert , UBalt Law Class of 2025, shares her experience in a recent blog post, Reflections as a CFCC Student Fellow .
April 25, 2024 - CFCC Deputy Director Michele Hong Polansky participated in a panel discussion titled Identities Shape Experiences. Women in the Law Shape Common Ground , at the Annual Meeting of Law School Diversity Professionals (AMDIP).
April 19, 2024 CFCC Executive Director Aubrey Edwards-Luce delivered a keynote address about supporting youth in foster care at the Maryland Rotary Club Statewide Conference, alongside a policy and lived expert Kimberly Martin of the Children’s Defense Fund.
April 9-12, 2024 - ABA Conference - Trivedi and Edwards-Luce attended the ABA Center for Children and the Law Annual Conference Vienna, Va. Trivedi also gave a presentation on the harms that parents experience at the hands of attorneys in the child welfare system.
CFCC Symposium on The Harm of Removal to Children, Parents, and Communities, Wednesday, September 27, 2023 - Recordings are now available on the University of Baltimore School of law’s YouTube Channel: Click Here.
Learn more about the 2023 CFCC Symposium.