Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts

Dedicated to creating family justice system reform, improving family courts, and connecting courts to communities.

CFCC has been instrumental in the development of the unified family court system in Maryland and throughout the nation.

Robert M. Bell, Former Chief Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals

Welcome to the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts. We are committed to ensure that the practice of family law in Maryland, nationally, and around the world improves the lives of families and the health of communities.

To accomplish this goal, CFCC works to:

• integrate communities, families, and the justice system through community-based programs and partnerships
• promote the concept of a Unified Family Court system
• improve the delivery of legal, social, judicial, administrative, and other services to families within the family justice system

  Latest at CFCC - CFCC is accepting applications for its Truancy Court Program for the 2014-2015 school year

  CFCC will be accepting applications for its Truancy Court Program from interested Baltimore City Public Schools for the 2014-2015 school year until July 9. There is limited funding available to operate the TCP free-of-charge, but the TCP is available also on a fee-for-service basis. Applications are due to CFCC by July 9.

   

• train judges and court staffs in the core competencies of a problem-solving, therapeutic, and holistic family justice system
• educate the next generation of family lawyers through practical experience and interdisciplinary scholarship and courses 

We invite you to learn more about what we are, what we do, and how you can get involved with our work.