2024-01-31T18:00:29-06:00 2023-03-31 WithumSmithBrown PC ONE TOWER CENTER BLVD 14TH FL EAST BRUNSWICK NJ 08816 990 2022-04-01 113392591 The Children's Law Center % CHARLES SIMPSON CHIL 7185223333 44 Court Street 11th Floor Brooklyn NY 112014411 Liberty Aldrich Executive Director 7185223333 2023-08-15 true Liberty Aldrich 999009999 James Mulroy P00024514 7328281614 2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Liberty Aldrich 44 Court Street 11th Floor Brooklyn NY 112014411 9321187 false X WWW.CLCNY.ORG X 1997 NY TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN IN APPROXIMATELY 6,000 CUSTODY/VISITATION AND RELATED FAMILY LAW CASES. 11 11 83 11 0 8865189 9316056 0 0 1315 4432 242 699 8866746 9321187 0 0 0 0 6215174 6289915 0 0 57367 2480734 3114493 8695908 9404408 170838 -83221 2260873 15792309 2416133 16030790 -155260 -238481 X TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO INDIGENT CHILDREN IN CONTESTED CUSTODY/ VISITATION AND RELATED CASES. false false 8458933 THE CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER (CLC) IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE THAT IS COMPRISED OF TRIAL PRACTICE, WRITING/APPELLATE PRACTICE, AND REFLECTIVE ADVOCACY PRACTICE. EMBEDDED INTO OUR PRACTICE IS THE REFLECTIVE ADVOCACY PRACTICE (RAP) MODEL. THIS MODEL SUPPORTS CLC'S WORK BY HELPING OUR STAFF AND BOARD UNDERSTAND THE DATA COLLECTED ON BEHALF OF CLC CLIENTS TO DETERMINE IF SOME ISSUES OR GAPS ARE NOT SOLELY ADDRESSED BY COURTROOM ADVOCACY. CLC UTILIZES THIS KNOWLEDGE IN COURT AND APPELLATE ADVOCACY, AS WELL AS PUBLISHES AND PRESENTS ON THESE TOPICS. THE SECURING SEAMLESS EDUCATION SERVICES PROJECT (SSES), THE BROKEN ADOPTION PROJECT (BAP), ARE TWO RAP PRACTICES. THE SSES PROJECT PROVIDES EDUCATION ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE'S NEEDS. THE BROKEN ADOPTION PROJECT FOCUSES ON PROVIDING ADVOCACY FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH THEIR ADOPTIVE FAMILIES. THE CLC TEAM, INTAKE DATA AND CASE VOLUME METRICS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT MEASUREMENT CONSIDERED. CLC NUMBERS REFLECT THE UPTURN OF CASE ASSIGNMENT SINCE THE COURT, TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS, HAS BEEN RESTORED TO A FULL CALENDAR IN THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR. EACH BOROUGH AND JURIST MAINTAINS A MIXTURE OF VIRTUAL, HYBRID AND IN-PERSON PROCEEDINGS. IN FY22-23, NEW YORK CITY FAMILY COURTS EXPERIENCED EXPONENTIAL GROWTH IN THE FILINGS OF CVO PETITIONS WHILE ADDRESSING THE BACKLOG OF CVO PETITIONS FILED IN 2020 AND 2021 THAT WERE NOT DEEMED "ESSENTIAL", AND THEREFORE, NOT CALENDARED DURING THE PANDEMIC COURT LIMITAITONS. IN FY22-23, CLC APPEARED ON 6,575 INTAKE PETITONS AND 3, 174 CASE ID/FAMILY ID INTAKES. CLC closed 4122 PETITIONS AND 1843 CASE ID/FAMILY ID COURT CASES. CLC SERVED 4,777 CHILDREN. WHILE AN ACHIEVEMENT THAT SPANNED MORE THAN LAST FISCAL YEAR, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT CLC'S TECHNOLOGY HAS ENABLED THE ORGANIZATION TO BE ADAPTIVE, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT FOR COURT PROCEEDINGS AND CLIENT REPRESENATION. CLC IS WELL EQUIPPED TO PIVOT AMONG THE VARIOUS TYPES OF COURT APPEARANCES: VIRTUAL, HYBRID AND IN-PERSON. CLC HAS THE TECHNICAL FELXIBILITY TO MEET THE REQUESTS OF OUR CLIENT TO MEET VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON. AWAY FROM IN-PERSON INTERACTIONS. CLC STAFF SEAMLESSLY TRANSITIONED TO HYBRID-REMOTE WORK TASKS, MADE POSSIBLE BY CLC'S TECHNOLOGY PLAN. USING MICROSOFT 365 OFFICE SUITE, ATTORNEYS CAN COLLABORATE WITH STAKEHOLDERS REMOTELY. THIS TRANSITION HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY HELPFUL AS A LONG-TERM CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO CLIENTS AND FAMILIES. 8458933 true true false true false false false false false false true false false true true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 24 0 true 83 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 11 11 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false NY X CHARLES SIMPSON 7185223333 44 COURT STREET BROOKLYN NY 11201 KAREN P SIMMONS ESQ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.0 0.0 X 181997 0 19625 WILLIAM W BOOTH JR Borough Director 40.0 0.0 X 147137 0 18102 Teresa Grogan Borough Director 40.0 0.0 X 118943 0 36430 JANET NEUSTAETTER WRITING SUPERVISOR 40.0 0.0 X 137687 0 6884 RHONDA L ALBRIGHT STAFF ATTORNEY 40.0 0.0 X 126186 0 17124 DEBORAH GOULD CO-DIRECTOR 40.0 0.0 X 126064 0 16802 Laurie McPherson President 3.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 Marc A Mandelman Esq Vice President 3.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 Stephanie Perry Treasurer 3.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Childs Secretary 3.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 Abby West BOARD MEMBER 3.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Adam Lester BOARD MEMBER 3.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Michael Feldman BOARD MEMBER 3.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Susan D Friedfel BOARD MEMBER 3.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 David M Johnson BOARD MEMBER 3.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Stephen Rinehart Esq BOARD MEMBER 3.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Peggy C May BOARD MEMBER 3.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 838014 0 114967 7 false true false Epstein Becker Green P C 875 3rd Avenue NEW YORK NY 10022 Legal Services 120243 1 9216391 99665 9316056 0 4432 4432 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OTHER INCOME 900099 699 699 699 9321187 699 4432 0 0 0 0 209661 193176 15733 752 0 4809446 4420844 370411 18191 187710 176515 10704 491 667152 627416 38046 1690 415946 391172 23720 1054 0 32091 31942 143 6 126537 126537 63550 63550 0 0 65054 32700 950 31404 0 150967 99233 51584 150 74152 64172 9807 173 0 1958634 1874904 80591 3139 2960 2523 436 1 0 12345 7120 5215 10 28148 83 28065 0 95207 91399 3665 143 78831 50566 28240 25 COURT PREPARATION COSTS 426017 331618 94261 138 9404408 8458933 888108 57367 X 266753 63301 1160216 1000324 192357 640361 141 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50731 55733 1916152 1574724 294446 341428 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 296229 13691016 2260873 15792309 624320 671344 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1179508 1148109 612305 14211337 2416133 16030790 X -164139 -247360 8879 8879 -155260 -238481 2260873 15792309 -83221 X false true X true false X 10152136 10386177 9971008 8865189 9316056 48690566 0 0 10152136 10386177 9971008 8865189 9316056 48690566 0 48690566 1312 1178 1097 1315 4432 9334 0 5681 16666 126 242 699 23414 48723314 0.99933 0.99936 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false true false false false false true 68617 false false 68617 false 1091604 902097 189507 460962 357405 103557 363586 315222 48364 341428 SECURITY DEPOSITS 296229 RIGHT TO USE ASSET 13394787 13691016 0 DUE TO OCA SECURITY DEPOSIT 296229 LEASE OBLIGATION 13915108 14211337 X 9321187 9321187 9321187 9404408 9404408 9404408 FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART X, LINE 2 The Center is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, no provision for federal or state income taxes has been recorded in the statement of activities. The Center follows the pronouncement related to income taxes, and there were no uncertain tax positions at the date of adoption or at March 31, 2023. In addition, the Center has no tax related interest or penalties for the period presented in the financial statements. X X false false false false false false false false false KAREN P SIMMONS ESQ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 181997 0 0 0 0 0 9399 0 10226 0 201622 0 0 0 WILLIAM W BOOTH JR Borough Director 147137 0 0 0 0 0 7552 0 10550 0 165239 0 0 0 Teresa Grogan Borough Director 118943 0 0 0 0 0 6336 0 30094 0 155373 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE GIVEN A WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ANNUALLY, ALONG WITH A STATEMENT REGARDING POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN WHICH THEY MUST INDICATE EITHER THAT THERE IS NO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON THEIR PART, OR, IF THERE IS A POSSIBLE CONFLICT, THEY MUST DISCLOSE THE CONFLICT IN A STATEMENT ON THE FORM, AND ATTEST TO IT WITH THEIR SIGNATURES. THESE REPORTS ARE REVIWED BY THE BOARD OFFICERS, WHO WILL ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT(S) AND, IN THE ABSENCE OF RESOLUTION, REFER THE MATTER TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. PERSONS WITH A CONFLICT ARE PROHIBITTED FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE GOVERNING BODY'S DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS IN THE TRANSACTION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B PRIOR TO FILING, THE 990 IS REVIEWED IN DETAIL BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE ORGANIZATION'S FISCAL CONSULTANT CPA. THE COMMITTEE APPROVES THE FORM FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE FULL BOARD AND FILING. THE FORM IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE FULL BOARD PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THESE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 THE CEO'S COMPENSATION WAS DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.