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 Joy George (she/her) at [email protected]

Coalition Members include:

1. All of Us Or None
2. Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus
3. American Friends Service Committee - Healing Justice CA (AFSC)
4. Behavioral Health Collaborative of Alameda County (BHC)
5. Berkeley Friends Racial Justice Action Team
6. California Coalition For Women Prisoners (CCWP)
7. Community Health Center Network - Alameda Health Consortium
8. Congregation Beth El
9. East Bay Supportive Housing Collaborative (EBSHC) 
10. East Bay Housing Organization (EBHO)
11. Families Advocating for the Seriously Mentally Ill (FASMI)
12. Interfaith Coalition for Justice in our Jails (ICJJ)
13. National Alliance on Mental Illness Alameda County (NAMI)
14. National Lawyers Guild - SF Bay Area (NLG-SF)
15. Restore Oakland Inc. (ROI) 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 engaging with the Care First, Jails Last (CFJL) Taskforce and advocating to influence the Alameda County Budget, in order to ensure the just and equitable implementation of Care First, Jails Last Policy. While engaging with the CFJL Taskforce for the entirety of its 2-year duration, we will ensure that the needs of those most impacted by this policy are prioritized. We do not support the participation of law enforcement in the CFJL Taskforce, as added to the final resolution by the Alameda County BOS.