Advokids: Web Links

Supporting Agencies

• A Home Within

  A project connecting foster children with therapists for open ended psychotherapy.

• California County Independent Living Program (ILP) Coordinators

• A listing of county ILP contacts (PDF)

• California Foster Care Ombudsman's Office

• Focuses on foster youth rights and facts. Also a free Help Line 1-877-846-1602

• California State Care Providers Association

• Serving Children - Foster Parents - Adoptions - Guardianship - Kinship

• California State Foster Parent Association, Inc.

• California Youth Connection

• Foster youth who identify local issues, learn about the legislative process and then use grassroots and community organizing to create real change in the system.

• CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)

• Committed to providing all abused, neglected and exploited children with a voice in the court process.

• DREDF (Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund)

  DREDF Children and Family and Foster Youth for Resources programs provide information and training to parents, caregivers, social workers and others seeking to understand and secure education rights of special needs children.
      DREDF Brochure (pdf) »
      DREDF Foster Youth Resources for Education flyer (pdf) »

• Foster Club

  The national network for youth and children in foster care.

• Legal Services For Children

• Legal Services for Children provides free legal and social services to children and youth under 18 years old in the San Francisco Bay Area.

• The Marin Foster Parent Association (MFPA)

  An organization comprised of licensed foster and adoptive parents in Marin County.

• National Center for Youth Law

• A private, non-profit law office serving the legal needs of children and their families

• National Foster Parent Association

• The Orphan Foundation of America

  The only national orgainization specifically focusing on support, education and workforce development for youth aging out of the foster care system.

• Sierra Adoptions

• Adoptive Family Resource Center AAP Education

• Voice for Adoption (VFA)

• VFA develops and advocates for improved adoption policies. Recognized as a national leader in special needs adoption, VFA works closely with federal and state legislators, as well as other child welfare organizations, to make a difference in the lives of the 114,000 children in foster care who are waiting to be adopted and the families who adopt children from foster care.

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• Legal/Regulations

• Welfare and Institutions code sections

• California Senate Information

• Go to "Your Senator" to find Your California State Legislative Representatives

• Know Your California Legislature

  Enter a California zip code to find what Legislators represent that area.

  California Department of Social Services

• Know Your California Legislature

  Enter a California zip code to find what Legislators represent that area.

Law Help California

provides low-income Californians with easy online access to basic legal resources and attorney information. The site includes information about California foster care systems.




California Courts

• California Superior Court Contact Information

  Find the location, phone number, or web site of a superior court.




Informational Brochures For Foster and Adoptive Parents
(Note: All documents in this section are in PDF Format)

• California Foster Youth Education Fact Sheets

  Caregivers and the Courts: A Primer on Juvenile Dependency Proceedings for California Foster Parents and Relative Caregivers

  De Facto Parent Pamphlet

  Juvenile Court: How It Works

  Guardianship Pamphlet

  Visitation and Custody

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