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History

Concerned Citizens for Family Preservation (CCFP) was founded by Folasade Campbell. Its creation was inspired by the plight of low-income and immigrant mothers who involuntarily enter the child welfare and family court systems on Staten Island and New York City. The first meetings were held in the community center of the Mariners Harbor Housing Projects and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in the Port Richmond section of Staten Island. We opened our office on February 3, 2003 with a grant from the Child Welfare Fund and the New York Foundation.

Our legal workshops were presented by South Brooklyn Legal Services. Our women’s and family empowerment workshops were presented by various empowerment specialists such as Hafeezah Basir, Gloria Brown, PhD, Michelle Pickering-Kiernan, Armand Ruhlman, and Esperanza Martel.

In February 2009 the Board of Directors voted to change the name of our organization to The Family Preservation Collective.

CCFP/ Family Preservation Collective operates as a resource center for families through which each parent who walks through our doors is given information and materials that would otherwise not be available to them on Staten Island. We have become known as the go-to place on Staten Island for low-income people needing strong advocacy in the child welfare system. CCFP/ Family Preservation Collective provides individual advocacy to families in family court and case conferences at the Administration for Children’s Services and its contract agencies. Most low-income families cannot afford legal representation at case conferences and are unaware of what to expect. As an independent agency we accompany mothers and fathers to case conferences to answer their questions, and advocate for a positive outcome. The CCFP/Family Preservation Collective program consists of strong educational advocacy, self-awareness, peer support, and empowerment components. To accomplish our work, CCFP/Family Preservation Collective educates and equip women with the skills needed to successfully navigate the child welfare system, to begin the process towards family healing, and ultimately to move the family towards a reality that is shaped by self determination.

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	History Concerned Citizens for Family Preservation (CCFP) was founded by Folasade Campbell. Its creation was inspired by the plight of low-income and immigrant mothers who involuntarily enter the child welfare and family court systems on Staten Island and New York City. The first meetings were held in the community center of the Mariners Harbor Housing Projects and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in the Port Richmond section of Staten Island. We opened our office on February 3, 2003 with a grant from the Child Welfare Fund and the New York Foundation. Our legal workshops were presented by South Brooklyn Legal Services. Our women’s and family empowerment workshops were presented by various empowerment specialists such as Hafeezah Basir, Gloria Brown, PhD, Michelle Pickering-Kiernan, Armand Ruhlman, and Esperanza Martel. In February 2009 the Board of Directors voted to change the name of our organization to The Family Preservation Collective. CCFP/ Family Preservation Collective operates as a resource center for families through which each parent who walks through our doors is given information and materials that would otherwise not be available to them on Staten Island. We have become known as the go-to place on Staten Island for low-income people needing strong advocacy in the child welfare system. CCFP/ Family Preservation Collective provides individual advocacy to families in family court and case conferences at the Administration for Children’s Services and its contract agencies. Most low-income families cannot afford legal representation at case conferences and are unaware of what to expect. As an independent agency we accompany mothers and fathers to case conferences to answer their questions, and advocate for a positive outcome. The CCFP/Family Preservation Collective program consists of strong educational advocacy, self-awareness, peer support, and empowerment components. To accomplish our work, CCFP/Family Preservation Collective educates and equip women with the skills needed to successfully navigate the child welfare system, to begin the process towards family healing, and ultimately to move the family towards a reality that is shaped by self determination.
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