About
the Center for Restorative Practice
Executive
Director: Cindy L. Myers, PhD
Meet
the CFRP staff and associates
Located
At: 70 Skyview Terrace
San
Rafael CA 94903
415-491-0708
voice 415-472-7140 fax
About CFRP
Most problems in families and communities boil
down to a breakdown or a breach in relations. Even the strongest
families face
turning points or
crisis in their lives. When this happens, there are options
to consider and high-stakes decisions to be made. What gets
a family through is the quality of their relationships. Not
just how "good" they are or how many they have. The
key to the best success is the ability of people to come together,
think creatively, pool
their resources,
make sound decisions and change course if need be.
Center for Restorative Practice is
a group of experts in the fields of family services, team-building,
decision-making and justice-oriented reconciliation. We
have been working with families since 1990 to help them deal
with the sorts of problems that can tear a family apart.
Marin County has been using CFRP’s model of family group decision making
(“Family Network” ) since 1996 and has realized marked reductions
in child welfare, mental health and juvenile justice placements as a result.
Today CFRP is a center for the development and implementation
of a variety of restorative practices. These include family
conferencing, wraparound services,
and restorative justice conferencing. Our facilitation and training methods
have gained national recognition. We work with families, providers and
communities to respond to challenges in ways that recognize
the sanctity of community
and family, avoid family breakdown and repair the harms done by crime,
addiction
and mental illness and empower families and communities.
At
A Glance:
Since 1996:
Number of Families Served: 310
Number of Children Served: 696
Number of Family Members/Friends: 1,473
Number of Conferences: 2,531
Number of Local Service Providers Engaged: 63
Outcomes:
Marin County Placement Rate: Reduced 30%
FY06 Youth Pilot Program Placement Avoidance Rate: 91%
FY06 Cost Savings to Marin County: $1,509,689
Family Goal Attainment: 86%
Improved Family Functioning: 89%
Families reporting that Family Network had “significant impact” on
their success: 83%
Professionals reporting “very high” rate of satisfaction with their
Family Network experience: 92%
Services:
Restorative Justice Conferences
Wraparound Services
Family Conferences for:
