Voices for Children Observes National Foster Care Awareness Month
Voices for Children urgently needs community volunteers to step up and advocate for children who have experienced abuse and neglect in …
San Diego Superior Court to Host Virtual Town Hall on the Child and Family Well-Being Department
San Diego Superior Court to Host Virtual Town Hall on the Child and Family Well-Being Department Executives from the County of San …
San Diego County CASA of the Month – January 2024
In 2016, Lucas*, a one-year-old infant who is developmentally delayed, was abandoned by his mother at his daycare center. Lucas had …
Boys in Foster Care Need Male Advocates & Role Models to Speak Up for Them
Boys in Foster Care Need Male Advocates & Role Models to Speak Up for Them Volunteer and help young men in foster care have brighter …
San Diego Superior Court to Host Second Virtual Town Hall on Juvenile Dependency Court
Hear from youth and parents with lived experiences in the juvenile dependency system August 24, 2023 – The San Diego Superior Court will …
How Children’s Legal Services (CLSSD) Supports Nonminors
Non Minor Dependents, referred to as nonminors or NMDs, are youth between the ages of 18 and 21 who choose to stay in California’s …
Fostering Knowledge In Our Community
As part of National Foster Care Month 2021, Voices for Children teamed up with four organizations in San Diego and Riverside Counties …
Local Mentoring Programs, and Why We’re Not One of Them
Mentors are a valuable resource to the youth they serve, providing guidance, advice, support, and a positive influence. In celebration …
Challenging Behaviors: What Children Are Telling Us
Written by Madison Pope, Senior Advocacy Liaison, and Suzanne Severance, Senior Advocacy Supervisor Our core values at Voices for …
History of Voices for Children – Founding and Milestones
In 1980, Kathryn F. Ashworth, Esq., and Elizabeth Brainard Bacon discovered a recently developed, volunteer-based model of supporting …
History of Foster Care
Every year, thousands of children in the United States enter the juvenile dependency system, also known as foster care, after …
Difference Between A CASA And A Social Worker
Written by Brianna Miller, Asst. Program Mgr., Riverside County When describing what a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer …
Virtual Visits for CASAs and Case Children
At our core, Voices for Children believes in the power of human connection. Now more than ever, these connections are necessary and can …
Voices for Children’s COVID-19 Response
The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our community – including the children we serve, our volunteers, and our staff – is of utmost …
Month in the Life of a CASA Volunteer
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Sherry is the volunteer assigned to 12-year-old Max, a foster child who was not only removed …
Foster Care and Human Trafficking
Human traffickers will prey on those they feel are most vulnerable, and that is why children in foster care have a greater risk of …