Opinion: California Court Appointed Special Advocates: Letters
In highlighting legislation in the California Legislature, Marc Joffee’s article “Two California foster care bills miss the mark” also noted the importance of Court Appointed Special Advocates . Unfortunately, this important program, which enjoys broad bipartisan support in Sacramento, is on the chopping block. Last year, Gov.
. That funding would deliver to all youth in foster care in the state the one thing they need above all else: a stable relationship with an adult they can count on. ’s 11,000 volunteer advocates are each matched with a child, and they stand by that child during dramatic and challenging times. We know that children who have an advocate are more likely to receive appropriate services, more likely to do well in school, more likely to be psychologically sound, more likely to be adopted rather than shuffled from one temporary placement to another and more likely to be hopeful about their future.
Association to fashion a plan to increase the program’s reach by recruiting more volunteers, strengthening the professional staff and expanding public awareness to inspire additional community philanthropy. Now the state must deliver on its commitment. Our youth in foster care cannot afford this painful budget cut.Refugees at our borderI wish Congressman Lou Correa would provide us with some facts, not “I hope it happens this way” logic. We gave tracking devices to some migrants.
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