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June 2023 by jury duty
Their goals is to help troubled children which is noble mission but my onboarding experience is not that good. First of all, their rules are too draconian, I donated number of toys during pandemic but they took brand new ones and refused even lightly used toys citing danger of covid transmission due to their policy. But that policy was based on ignorance a scientific research has always stressed airways were primary means of transmission but 99.9% cases there had always never been a documented case of covid transmission through surface. There is also a strange policy where casa adv. Can not take their children to their home, which I feel surprised but agreed anyways but my deal breaker was adv.s can not make contact with advocated children and their own children.
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December 2022 by Em G
I had trained for weeks and got kicked out a day before swearing in because they made assumptions about my character, including that I had been "inebriated", and didn't bother testing their theories to see it they're true. They just kicked me out with no real explanation. I wanted to take on multiple cases and help whomever I could feel that they were being heard in court, that their voice is heard.In the process, I got silenced.If they can behave this way towards me, I can't imagine how they behave towards the families and children that they "help".I am left traumatized, questioning myself and my worth, after they took my time, money, effort, and information. I am horrified that this is an organization that continues to thrive, despite treating people this badly.
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November 2022 by Em G.
Discriminatory practices against volunteers-in-training. Not just discriminatory, but traumatizingly so. A day before being sworn-in to become a CASA, I was told that the organization does not want me to continue with them, because they had made horrible assumptions about my character and personality, including that I was arriving to trainings inebriated (which they told me only as they were kicking me out of the program, not in any way that was a question, like: "are you inebriated? were you inebriated?", instead: "Some people thought you may have been" -- oh, some people thought, that's a good reason to keep a person from volunteering with foster youth. I'm glad you're not working with the law or anyth- oh, right), as well as that I was too enveloped in my own trauma to help (my mistake for letting them know I had experienced trauma in the past when they asked me. I guess I should have lied, since from then on out, everything I said, they assumed was me talking about trauma).They left me broken. Do you know how heartbreaking it is to have a plan like this, know how you're going to work with foster kids and youth and help them feel heard, walk through life feeling like you have this goal and working towards it -- then not only being stopped from it, but being told that people think you're weird? That when you thought you were being helpful in group discussions, in training sessions, they were writing you up for being drunk?I wasn't actively traumatized before, and I don't know why they were obsessing over that, but when I emailed the person who did the interview with me about it to tell them that I feel uncomfortable with the fact that they keep bringing it up and just wonder if there's anything more to the issue, they kicked me out that very day, claiming that my email asking about this issue was "defensive" and "raised many red flags". I would beg to differ, as my email literally ends with "Sorry for the long email -- I just wanted to explain everything so it doesn't seem like I'm being rude or anything"All I'm saying,I can't imagine they treat volunteers better than they treat families, children, youth. I am horrified for the future. This is absolutely horrific, judgemental, disgusting behavior. By the way, the reason I was "behaving strangely" -- I'm neurodivergent. But of course, they don't care about that.Just remember, they view disability as drunkenness. Shameful. Shameful.
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September 2019 by Renee G
I love an organization that focuses on the children in our community. Foster kids have been put through the ringer... and not in a fun way. Child Advocates recruits, trains and matches up caring adults to these children. The advocates, AKA: CASAs, hang out with and advocate for these kids on a 1:1 basis.
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May 2019 by Kate Watson
A great nonprofit doing valuable work. One of the best volunteer experiences I've ever had. If you're looking for a meaningful volunteer opportunity with children in need, look no further.
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May 2019 by Jason Buberel
An amazing organization and advocate for children in the foster care system.
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May 2019 by Craig Flexen
What a great bunch of people, working towards a worthy cause.
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May 2019 by steven campbell
Effective
