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| Abbreviation | CRC |
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| Formation | 1985 |
| Type | 501(c)(3) non-profit organization |
| Focus | shared parenting,child abuse, education, parenting access centers |
| Headquarters | Prince George's County, Maryland |
Key people | E. F. Michael Morgan, president |
| Website | crckids.org |
TheChildren's Rights Council (CRC) is anon-profit organization dedicated to helpdivorced,separated and never married parents to remain active in their child’s life. The organization focuses onchildren’s rights advocacy forshared parenting, the prevention ofchild abuse and alternative dispute resolution. CRC also run parental access centers where children can spend supervised time with their non-custodial parents and where transfers between parents can occur in a monitored environment. The organization was founded in 1985 byDavid L Levy, and it is headquartered inLandover, Maryland, in theWashington, D.C. metropolitan area.[1]
CRC promotes legislation that works to benefit children throughshared parenting. Seeking legislative reform, the organization advocates joint physical custody. CRC also manages 26 Child Access Centers in 11 different states which provide supervised access and visitation of children and serve as safe transfer points for children who are moving from the custody of one parent to another.[citation needed]
In addition, CRC conducts research and submits testimony to Congress in regard to the well being of children. The organization's primary focus is to minimize the emotional, physical and economic abuse, neglect and distress of children and the development of at-risk behaviors following relationship breakups between separated, divorce, or never-married parents who are highly conflicted. In 1995, Cynthia L. Ewing testified as a Legal Analyst for CRC that states which had the most "intact" families had, for the most part, the highest rankings of children's wellness.[citation needed]
In support of this commitment to children, CRC has established a set of social goals based on program utilization of the Both Parents Approach model to help highly conflicted parents better cooperate and collaborate in the best interests of their children following break-up of the family. CRC's advocacy and program goals are designed to accomplish the following:
Mitigate the long-term damaging effects to children caused by divorce and relationship break-ups;Reduce total children at risk from developing harmful and destructive behaviors;Encourage non-custodial parents to remain emotionally & financially supportive of their child(ren);Advocate increased opportunities for access to non-custodial parents; andDecrease the nature, burden and expense of legal disputes and court interventions caused by persistent parental conflict.[citation needed]
On November 3, 2008, Children's Rights Council was mentioned in Abigail Van Buren's “Dear Abby” column, which runs in 1,400 newspapers. The article was entitled "Man Pestered by Ex-Wife Must Act to Help his Son", and CRC was referenced as an effective resource forparental alienation problems.[2]
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