About Us
- Each year, in almost half of all confirmed cases of child abuse, children do not receive any type of service to prevent re-abuse.
- 40-50% of all children who die from abuse and neglect in our country had previous referrals to agencies mandated by law to protect them. JFC believes that every one of these children could and should have been saved.
- The CPS philosophy of reunifying abused children with their offender leads toabusive families recycling through protective services systems.
- JFC believes the efforts of law enforcement to conduct a thorough investigation are thwarted by reporting criminal child abuse to a civil agency.
Our Goals and Beliefs
We believe:
- Every child has the right to grow up in a safe and nurturing environment.
- Child abuse should be treated like the crime it is.
- Children must receive fearless, uncompromising, unflinching advocacy for their safety in a system often fraught with inappropriate goals for the child or complete disinterest in their welfare.
- In focusing in on the child; only indirectly on the protective parent.
- That bureaucracy is an enemy to child protection and that the system fails children systematically.
- Family Preservation is antithetical to protection of child.
- Funding from sources independent from the system.
- In independence from the system in order to avoid co-opting effect of dependence.
- You shouldn't have to appease judges or public officials to achieve protection of the child.
- Society has a moral obligation to protect our children from abuse and neglect.
- Safety and rights of the child are paramount to the rights of any caretaker.
Our goals:
- Opening up the process of adjudication of children’s rights to the light of day.
- Children having the right to competent legal representation in all child abuse cases.
- Children having the basic constitutional protections that are afforded adults.
- Public agencies that serve children should be efficient, accountable, and should place the "best interests of the child" above all else.
