CFCC 2023 Symposium Blog Series – Removal Today

On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, CFCC hosted an important day-long symposium focused on The Harm of Removal to Children, Parents, and Communities at the University of Baltimore School of Law. This post is one in a series of four posts about the CFCC 2023 Symposium. The afternoon panel, “Removal Today,” provided a clear view of…

CFCC Welcomes New Executive Director and Case Manager

CFCC Welcomes New Executive Director and Case Manager This summer, CFCC welcomes Aubrey Edwards-Luce as the Center’s new executive director, and Christopher Kelly, a former Truancy Court Program (TCP) intern and Anthony “Bubba” Green Star Player Awardee, who joins our team in the newly created role of TCP Case Manager.  Aubrey Edwards-Luce is a zealous…

Truancy Court Program 2022-2023 Overview

By Rohina Zavala, TCP Coordinator During the Spring 2023 session, CFCC’s Truancy Court Program (TCP) worked with 74 students and their families from the following Baltimore City Public Schools: Park Heights Academy (Elementary), Maree G. Farring Elementary/Middle School, Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle School,Carver Vocational-Technical High School (Carver), and Digital Harbor High School (Digital Harbor).   At…

The Adoption and Safe Families Act: A Generation of Harm

By Erin Carrington Smith, 2023 J.D. Candidate, University of Baltimore School of Law November 19, 2022, marked 25 years since the passage of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, Pub. L. No. 105-89, 111 Stat. 2115 (“ASFA”). The law was designed, in part, to address the problem of children languishing in foster care…

The Indian Child Welfare Act: Preserving Family and Tribal Integrity

By: Neoshia R. Roemer From boarding schools to adoptions, family regulation has been at the heart of the legal relationship between the United States government and federally recognized Indian tribes. Removing Indian children from their homes and tribal communities was tied to an assimilation project with the end goal of terminating Indian tribes altogether. In…

My Experience Interning With the Truancy Court Program

By Teniola Oludare, Criminal Justice Intern To graduate from the University of Baltimore, we are required to complete 80 internship hours. I knew that if I was going to dedicate 80 hours to an internship, it had to be an area within my major (criminal justice) that I was interested in and one where I…