OUR MISSION
To be the bridge between the most vulnerable in our community
and caring volunteers who make a difference.
OUR VISION
Healthy and happy kids in safe and thriving families.
Youth Services
COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE (CASA) The goal of our CASA program is to prevent abused, neglected, abandoned, and at-risk children from becoming lost in the Juvenile Dependency and/or Delinquency Court system.
We train CASA volunteers appointed by the judge and act as the “eyes and ears of the court and the voice of the child.” Volunteers advocate by facilitating, investigating, and monitoring areas of need in the life of their assigned child. Volunteers stay with their child’s case until it is closed by the court.
For many children, their CASA volunteer is the one constant adult presence in their lives. Independent research has demonstrated that children with one consistent and caring adult are likelier to have positive outcomes in areas like improved academics, high school graduation, extra-curricular activity participation, and college entrance.
BE BOLD partners at-risk youth who are at risk of becoming or are currently victims of sex trafficking and/or youth who are at risk of entering or are currently involved in the juvenile justice system with a specially trained CASA they can trust, learn with, and grow alongside.
Youth and their partners meet weekly for fun, skill-building activities and come together once a month with a group of their peers. No matter where they are on this journey, the BE BOLD Youth Program wants to support their empowerment, strengthen their voice, help them achieve their goals, understand their value, and get support from a community of like-minded individuals.
K9s 4 Kids gives children experiencing trauma a chance to love and be loved by a polite, well-behaved dog. A dog can help facilitate an appropriate emotional connection for youth who have difficulty connecting with others.
Family Services
We believe the best way to serve the children we care so much about is to use a "Whole Family Approach" to break the generational cycles of abuse, neglect, and poverty that make foster care necessary in the first place. This includes innovative programs that partner struggling parents with trained Mentors, offer peer-to-peer support, and help them develop healthy, long-term parenting skills.
Family Mentors are CASAs with additional training to support at-risk parents who are either striving to reunify with their children, are recovering from substance use disorder or domestic violence, or are just struggling to hold their families together.
A Family Mentor visits the parent's home each week and helps them develop a variety of life skills related to sobriety, budgeting, organization, parenting, health, nutrition, education, career goals, job searches, and coping skills.
The purpose of the Family Mentor program is to support and encourage struggling parents so they can successfully parent long-term.
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