2024-11-06T05:05:13-08:00 2024-06-30 561688300 Foard and Company PA 1347 Harding Place Charlotte NC 28204 990 2023-07-01 561325184 Council for Childrens Rights Inc COUN 7043727961 601 East Fifth Street 450 Charlotte NC 28202 Emily Costigan Treasurer 2024-11-06 true true Robert Dobbins P02001598 7043721515 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Emily Costigan 601 East Fifth Street 450 Charlotte NC 28202 2924832 false X WWW.CFCRIGHTS.ORG X 1979 NC Council for children's rights protects and advances the legal rights and development of children through individual representation,community education, and by addressing community wide issues through systems advocacy, research, and policy work. 24 24 37 300 0 1976043 2325183 35705 86568 992 -125869 175542 128417 2188282 2414299 0 0 1932599 1923928 0 386991 630349 600638 2562948 2524566 -374666 -110267 2830252 2260146 1532727 1073398 1297525 1186748 X Council for children's rights protects and advances the legal rights and development of children through individual representation,community education, and by addressing community wide issues through systems advocacy, research, and policy work. false false 745846 Children's defense Advocacy- the council serves as the specialized juvenile publicdefender in Mecklenburg County. through a contract with the North Carolina office ofindigent defense services, which provides funding for roughly 76% of the cost of theprogram, the council's attorneys represent all children charged with crimes injuvenile delinquency court. In addition to performing the public defender role injuvenile court, the council represents every child that is facing confinement inmental health institution. as express interest attorneys, the council provides thevoice of the child and fights to ensure that the child's constitutional and statutory rights are protected. The council is the only specialized juvenile public defender in North Carolina. 584816 Education advocacy- the council 's attorneys and advocates sere as best interestadvocates for children who are in need of services. These advocates work in thecomplex area of special education, mental health, child welfare (abuse, neglect anddependency), public benefits, domestic violence and human trafficking. The councilreceives almost all these cases by court order through the district court, andoccasionally through community referrals from concerned parents, guardians,relatives or others who contact the council's office. the council helps clientsnavigate compels social services systems so they can receive appropriate services tomeet their needs. when advocacy or other intervention efforts are unsuccessful, thecouncil can use impact litigation on behalf of an individual child to ensure thatthe child's legal rights are protected. the council specializes in working withchildren who have complex needs in multiples social services systems, who are atrisk of languishing and falling through the cracks. 577418 86568 Custody Advocacy- the council serves as the court appointed best interest attorney to represent the best interests of children who are caught in the middle of highconflict custody cases. Using a combination of staff attorneys, volunteer attorneysand volunteer child advocates, the council ensures that the child's voice is heardand that the judge has all the necessary information to make a decision that is inthe best interest of the child. The council receive cases through court appointmentform a district court judge; the program operates only through a court-ordered feebased on the income of the parties. 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In addition to performing the public defender role injuvenile court, the council represents every child that is facing confinement inmental health institution. as express interest attorneys, the council provides thevoice of the child and fights to ensure that the child's constitutional and statutory rights are protected. The council is the only specialized juvenile public defender in North Carolina. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The 990 is first reviewed by the Controller with shared services and CFCR's Executive Director. It is then presented to the Finance Committee. Once the Committee has reviewed it, it is then given to the full Board for approval. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available on CFCR's website and upon request. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization makes it's governing documents, confect of interest policy and financial statements available on its' website and upon request.