Peer Parent Advocate

Peer Parent Advocate SyMiyah Patton (she/her) is a Peer Parent Advocate at Community Legal Services, Inc. She has lived experience in the child welfare system, as a parent. Since overcoming that chapter in her life, she has become part of the Family Advocacy Unit at CLS, walking with parents to help them to accomplish their…

Supervising Social Worker

Cheneeta Jones Supervising Social Worker Cheneeta Jones (she/her) is a Social Work Supervisor in the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services, Inc. Her role includes client casework, supervising FAU Social Workers and MSW student interns, community outreach, and policy advocacy. Cheneeta also provides trauma-informed trainings within the organization. She began working at CLS in…

Staff Attorney

Staff Attorney Lily Austin is a staff attorney in the CLS Family Advocacy Unit.

Staff Attorney

Staff Attorney Kristen Powell is a Staff Attorney in the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services.

Staff Attorney

Staff Attorney Nina Datlof is a Staff Attorney in the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services. Before joining CLS, Nina was a law clerk to the Honorable R. Barclay Surrick of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and worked as an assistant district attorney in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Nina received her J.D. from…

Social Worker

Social Worker Margaret Monteiro is a Social Worker in the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services.

Peer Parent Advocate

Peer Parent Advocate Alice Stills is a Peer Parent Advocate in the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services.

Supervising Attorney

Supervising Attorney M. Regine Charles-Asar is a Supervising Attorney in the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services.

Social Worker

Social Worker Claire Lynch (she/her) is a Social Worker in the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services. Prior to joining CLS, Claire was a HIV Medical Case Manager at Action Wellness. Claire received her MSW from the University of Pennsylvania in 2019 and her BSW from Florida State University in 2018.

Divisional Supervising Attorney

Divisional Supervising AttorneyShe/Her Gillian Schaps is a Divisional Supervising Attorney in the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services. She first worked with the FAU as a legal intern, and then was an Equal Justice Works Fellow and later Staff Attorney at the Support Center for Child Advocates before to returning to CLS in 2022.…