Guardian ad Litem Program
Twelfth Judicial Circuit
Twelfth Judicial Circuit
Be the difference in a child’s life.
Links
“Since
1948, the Annie E. Casey
Foundation (AECF) has worked to build better futures
for disadvantaged children and their families in the
United States. The primary mission of the
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Foundation is to
foster public policies, human service reforms and community
supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's
vulnerable children and families.”
The Kempe Center believes that
"education and awareness creates intentional change" and it challenges each of us to learn more about child abuse
and neglect.
The Child Welfare Information
Gateway provides access to
information and resources to help protect children and
strengthen families.
“[The] Edna McConnell Clark Foundation pursues its mission by
helping high-performing nonprofit organizations increase their
capacity to serve more young people from low-income backgrounds
(ages 9 to 24) with quality programs during out-of-school
time.”
“The Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest
and larget membership-based child welare organization. [They]
are committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the
well-being of children, youth and their families, and
protecting every child from harm.”
The State of Florida
Guardian ad Litem Web site includes information for GAL
volunteers, prospective volunteers and GAL staff.
The Florida Guardian ad Litem Association is a non-profit
organization whose mission is to provide additional resources
for the Florida Guardian ad Litem Program and its affiliated
circuit non-profit organizations in order to promote Guardian
ad Litem representation for 100% of abused, neglected and
abandoned children in Florida's dependency system.
Favorite books
"I Speak for
This Child: True Stories of a Child Advocate," by Gay Courter
A former
Guardian ad Litem volunteer recounts her experiences as a child
advocate.
Trilogy — “A Child Called
‘It’,” “The Lost Boy,” “A Man Named
Dave,” by Dave Pelzer
The author
is a child abuse survivor who has chronicled his experiences in
three parts: Dave’s life with his “abusive,
alcoholic mother”; his stay in foster care after he was
removed from his mother’s care; and his journey to
adulthood and trying to overcome shame and rejection.
“Death from Child Abuse … And
No One Heard,” by Eve Krupinski and Dana Weikel
The book is
the true story of a young Florida girl's death from abuse at
the hands of her mother's boyfriend, with the acquiescence of
the mother.
It is also a
guide to understanding and confronting child abuse and neglect,
domestic violence and dating violence.
