CFCC’s Truancy Court Program Adjusts to Virtual Delivery of Program and Services

COVID-19 and the subsequent transition to distance learning across Baltimore City has created one of the most extreme and pervasive barriers to school attendance ever confronted by CFCC’s Truancy Court Program (TCP) Team. Without the ability to meet in person with students and families, the team has pivoted to virtual assistance and support. In recognition of the…

CFCC to Celebrate Truancy Court Program’s 15 Years of Service

In 2020, the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) celebrates two important milestones: the 20th anniversary of the founding of CFCC and the 15th anniversary of the Center’s largest community-based program, the Truancy Court Program. If you would like to follow this year-long celebration of CFCC’s impact and receive updates on…

How COVID-19 Disproportionately Affects Poor People of Color: Health

By: Hadassah Bauerle, CFCC Student Fellow (2019-2020) COVID-19 is a virus that has impacted everyone regardless of age, gender, or race.  In the United States, however, the coronavirus has different effects on people depending upon the resources they have.[1]  Helene Gayle, who manages a coronavirus relief fund in Chicago, says that it is impossible to…

Schools and Long-term Closures

By Carlisa Bydume, CFCC Student Fellow (2019-2020) There are a plethora of reasons why schools may close for extended periods of time, such as teacher strikes, natural disasters, or what the world is experiencing currently with a national pandemic. This blog seeks to raise awareness about the fact that many school systems across the country…

The Ecological Approach and Child Development

By: Erin Kay, CFCC Student Fellow (2019-2020) During the Fall semester of the Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) Student Fellows Program I, an experiential course at the University of Baltimore School of Law, we were introduced to Dr. Urie Bronfenbrenner’s ecology of human development paradigm. This theoretical model gives us a framework…

How COVID-19 Affects the Poor: Jobs

By Hadassah Bauerle, CFCC Student Fellow (2019-2020) With the threat of COVID-19 spreading globally, governors across the United States have strongly encouraged citizens to stay home and stay safe.  Some states have even issued “shelter in place” orders, by which people are not permitted to leave their homes except for rare “essential” functions.  For many…