Center for Family Representation, Inc. (CFR)

About Center for Family Representation, Inc. (CFR)

The Center for Family Representation (CFR) is a New York nonprofit that provides free legal representation and social work services to families whose children are at risk of entering foster care. Each family is assigned a team that includes an attorney, a social worker and a parent advocate, and the organization describes its parent advocates as people who have personally gone through the child welfare system and reunified with their children. CFR also represents young people in juvenile matters and has offered services in immigration, civil and criminal matters connected to its family cases since 2015. It is registered as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation.

CFR's work includes family defense for parents facing proceedings brought by New York City's child welfare agency, youth defense for minors who have been arrested, appeals of court decisions, and a Community Advocacy Project that assists parents during child protective investigations. The organization says it serves families in the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island, and it lists offices at 40 Worth Street in Manhattan, in the Bronx, and on Staten Island. It also trains practitioners and conducts policy advocacy at the city, state and national levels.

Practice areas

Areas of work that Center for Family Representation, Inc. (CFR) describes on its own website. They describe the organization as a whole, not the practice of any individual attorney listed below.

Organization profile based on its official website and public sources (reviewed October 29, 2026). Attorney list from the New York State Unified Court System registration data. Not affiliated with Center for Family Representation, Inc. (CFR).

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