We are committed to justice, equity, empowerment, and care for all county residents, and we prioritize the leadership and needs of working-class Black and Brown people, and community members and their loved ones.  We seek to directly address the anti-Blackness that perpetuates the disproportionate targeting and drastic overrepresentation of Black people in the criminal-legal system. 

We meet as a coalition every other Thursday from 4:00-5:30pm. If you are interested in learning more, email [email protected]
















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Coalition Members include: 

1. Asian Health Services (AHS) 
2. American Friends Service Committee - Healing Justice CA (AFSC)
3. Berkeley Friends Racial Justice Action Team
4. California Coalition For Women Prisoners (CCWP)
5. Community Health Center Network - Alameda Health Consortium
6. Congregation Beth El
7. East Bay Supportive Housing Collaborative (EBSHC) 
8. Families Advocating for the Seriously Mentally Ill (FASMI)
9. Interfaith Coalition for Justice in our Jails (ICJJ)
10. National Alliance on Mental Illness Alameda County (NAMI)
11. Oakland Rising (OR) 
12. Restore Oakland (RO) is CFCC's Backbone Organization

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Our fundamental goals:

1. Decarcerate Santa Rita Jail and prevent the future criminalization and incarceration of individuals with behavioral health needs.​ As of 2021, at least 50% of people incarcerated in Santa Rita Jail experienced behavioral health issues. CFCC is focused on strategically coordinating and expanding a continuum of care for all Alameda County residents –  including those experiencing acute and subacute behavioral health crises, and those at risk for experiencing behavioral health issues. We envision a continuum of care that provides equitable access to high-quality and robust wraparound services, preventive and outpatient behavioral healthcare, substance abuse treatment programs, community-based crisis intervention and response, supportive housing for folks with disabilities, affordable medical care, living wage employment opportunities, and other life-affirming resources. It is imperative that this continuum of care be implemented and maintained prior to and in concert with our efforts to divert and decarcerate people from Santa Rita Jail. ​​
   
2. Advocate for and achieve an Alameda County Budget that prioritizes and enables our primary objective. We are committed to influencing the Alameda County Budget in order to ensure the just and equitable implementation of Care First, Jails Last Policy.  We will ensure that the needs of those most impacted by this policy are prioritized. We do not support the participation of law enforcement, as added to the final resolution by the Alameda County BOS.

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