2024 Legislative Session by K Williams
CFCC News
CFCC's March Newsletter Focuses on CFCC Advocacy for families.
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CFCC Faculty Director, Shanta Trivedi featured in the ABA Journal titled Family Limbo focused on The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), a topic of which she recently published an article that pushes for the repeal of ASFA. Read Shanta's article.
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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
March 11, 2024- CFCC Executive Director, Aubrey Edwards-Luce attended th announcement of Doris Duke Foundation ’s new Opt-in for Families (Opportunities for Prevention and Transformation) initiative at Martha’s Table in Washington, DC.
March 8, 2024- CFCC Executive Director, Aubrey Edwards-Luce spoke at the UBalt Law School on a panel titled “ Representing Children in the Law” hosted by the following student groups: Black La w Students Association, the Criminal Law Association, the Family Law Association and the Society for Equity in Education.
March 7, 2024 - CFCC Executive Director, Aubrey Edwards-Luce attend the Bipartisan Congressional Briefing on Primary Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington, D.C.. Hosted by Preevent Child Abuse America and Honorary Co-Hosts: Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Shelley Moore Capito, (R-WV), Bob Casey (D-PA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), and Angus King (I-ME) and Representative Danny Davis (D-IL) the briefing included an overview of how prevention is possible with federally funded programs already available to parents and caregivers. The event presented current programs that support families before they are in crisis and reduce adverse childhood experiences. Speakers included family and state leaders implementing and participating in prevention focused community-based solutions for families.
March 6, 2024 - CFCC Executive Director, Aubrey Edwards-Luce testified in support of HB849 and SJ4. HB849 would establish a Universal Basic Income program for transition-aged youth who are aging out of foster care. SJ4 would establish governmental responsibility and accountability for addressing student chronic absenteeism. Senator Carter, the sponsor for SJ4, committed to accepting CFCC’s recommendation to change the resolution’s language from addressing “truancy” to “chronic absenteeism.”
February 23, 2024 - CFCC Faculty Director, Shanta Trivedi co-authored anop-ed with Shereen A. White, 50 years after the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, it’s time to redefine child protection through a lens of equity and support
February 22, 2024 - CFCC Executive Director, Aubrey Edwards-Luce is featured in the Mining For Gold podcast titled Dreaming Sanctuary . Streaming now on Apple Podcasts, Google, SafeCamp Audio, Spotify, and Amazon Music. [include photo from post]
February 21, 2024 -
CFCC Executive Director, Aubrey Edwards-Luce shared her lived experience as a kinship caregiver as she testified in support of SB708, a bill championed by Maryland DHS Secretary Rafael Lopez. SB 708 would align Maryland’s law with the evidence that shows that children who are removed into foster care have better educational, social, and health outcomes when they are placed with kinship caregivers. The bill balances a “kin first” with the best interest of the child analysis and respect for parents’ right to direct the care, custody, and control of their children.
February 16, 2024 - CFCC Executive Director, Aubrey Edwards-Luce attended The National Foster Youth Institute’s Black Youth Leadership Forum at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC . Members of Congre ss and community leaders took center stage to discuss legislative initiatives and community organizing they’re doing to help build up successful Black youth . Amanda Bertholf moderated a conversation around community engagement and uplifting youth. Speakers included Natasha Leake, Robert T. Stephens, Nancy Kay Blackwell, and Kenneth Ward.
February 12, 2024 - CFCC Executive Director, Aubrey Edwards-Luce and Deputy Director Michele Hong attended a grant training with the Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts, a longtime funder of the Tackling Chronic Absenteeism Project, formally known as the TCP.
February 8, 2024 -
CFCC Faculty Director, Shanta Trivedi, was featured in the ABA Journal titled Family Limbo focused on The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), a topic of which she recently published an article that pushes for the repeal of ASFA. Read Shanta's article.
February 5 - 2024, CFCC Faculty Director, Shanta Trivedi, traveled to Temple University, Philadelphia, PA as a participant in the Faculty Research and Development Faculty Exchange Program.
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.