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Our mission is to provide a nurturing environment for families impacted by divorce, custody battles, and domestic violence, by keeping children safe during these challenging times and helping parents foster positive relationships with their children. Visitation and exchange services are provided to families in Clay, Duval, and Nassau counties.
The mission of CASA of San Mateo County is “to ensure that all children under the protection of the court have a consistent and caring adult who speaks on their behalf and helps them reach their full potential”. Aware of the extreme trauma experienced by children and youth who have been severely abused and neglected, taken from their homes and overburdened Child Welfare System, CASA of San Mateo County pairs a compassionate, dedicated and trained individual with a child or youth, who is in the foster care and/or delinquency system, providing the child/youth with stability, consistency and a sense of normalcy while ensuring that the child/youth needs are met in a timely and appropriate manner.
Every child needs someone in their corner. For children and youth facing the complex foster care system, a trusted mentor can make all the difference in the world. Since 1987, Alameda County Court Appointed Special Advocates (ACCASA) has recruited, trained, and supported dedicated volunteers to be the constant in a foster child’s life—a person they can count on for compassion, guidance, advocacy, and information. The unique relationship expands the child’s world through enriching experiences and forges bonds that often last into successful adulthood
To be there for every foster child in Silicon Valley who has experienced abuse, neglect and/or abandonment.
CARE House of Oakland County is the county’s children’s advocacy center that works to prevent child abuse and protect children who have experienced abuse or neglect. It provides advocacy, education, intervention, training and treatment services (including forensic interviews and therapy) in partnership with community agencies, typically at no cost to the families served.
The Office of Public Guardian, Inc. , (OPG) serves adults with mental and/or physical disabilities as their court-appointed legal guardian when they are incapable of managing some or all of their affairs. The Office of Public Guardian, Inc. was established to act as a substitute decision-maker for those persons in the big bend area who are functionally impaired to the extent that they require the protection of court intervention. The OPG provides quality public assistance in the form of guardianship services to vulnerable adults adjudicated incapacitated who have no family, friends, or resources to obtain a private guardian. Through the provision of public guardianship services and under the direction of the court, the OPG strives to: enhance quality of life, employ “substituted judgment,” acting as the person would have when making decisions in their best interests, protect against abuse, neglect and exploitation, and safeguard and exercise the fundamental civil rights of the people we serve guardianship is a serious step! Just because the person has a disability does not mean he or she needs a guardian. Guardianship is inappropriate if there are other alternatives such as a durable power of attorney, medical proxy, public benefits’ representative, etc.
Our mission is to stop domestic violence abuse for everyone through intervention, education and advocacy.
As one of Florida's 42 Certified Domestic Violence Centers,Haven of Lake & Sumter Counties, Inc. was established in 1977 to meet the needs of domestic violence victims. Our primary objectives are to provide these victims with alternatives to abuse or life-threatening situations, and empowerment to establish a violence-free life.
To strengthen families through parent education and support for the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
The mission of Community Partners of El Paso is to assist child protective services in meeting the needs of abused and neglected children and their families in El Paso county.
The Children’s Advocacy Center of Smith County's mission is to protect and restore the lives of abused children through team investigations, healing services, community outreach and strategic partnerships.
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles is an extended family of compassionate social services that enriches the community and improves the lives of countless men, women and children of all religions, ethnicities and ages. For more than 150 years, JFS has counseled families, fed the hungry, sheltered the homeless and protected the vulnerable. As Los Angeles’ oldest and most dynamic charitable organization, JFS is a trusted source of care and support, meeting the diverse and changing needs of a diverse and changing city. As the leading Jewish social services agency in Los Angeles, Jewish Family Service LA is a trusted and critical source of support for the Jewish community. But our work does not stop there. Jewish values require – and the actions of JFSLA demonstrate – our commitment to serving everyone in the Los Angeles community, of all backgrounds and identities. The Jewish tradition teaches us to honor the dignity of every individual, to extend our practice of service and loving kindness for all, and to do our part to help heal the world. Every day, Jewish Family Service LA operates according to these values. It is clear in every service and program we offer for the people of Los Angeles. Rooted in history and tradition, we strive to build an inclusive, compassionate, and just society for all.