Advokids: Your tax deductible donations help us fund the following programs

• Educational Website

  The Advokids Website provides assistance with understanding and accessing the court system and the child welfare system for the benefit of foster children.
  
  The Advokids Educational website provides comprehensive legal information for foster children and their advocates. Our web content includes the Juvenile Court Forms required to communicate with the court, detailed instructions for filling out the forms, and filing and serving instructions.
  
  The Advokids website educates, instructs, and empowers individuals seeking to petition the court on behalf of a foster child.
  
  The Advokids website provides valuable resources for foster children and advocates seeking support or assistance.

  Telephone Hotline

  The Advokids telephone Hotline is the only free telephone support service of its kind in California.
  
  The Advokids Telephone Hotline (1.877.ADV4KID) offers direct legal assistance daily from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m..
  
  The Advokids Telephone Hotline provides information and assistance with understanding and navigating the child welfare system and the juvenile court dependency system.

  Trainings

  MCLE Trainings, Accredited by the State Bar of California, Advokids offers specialized continuing legal education training for attorneys who work in the Juvenile Court, encouraging aggressive advocacy on behalf of foster children.
  
  CASA Trainings, Advokids offers a specialized "Permanency Planning" training program for CASA volunteers.
  
  Foster Parent Training, Advokids provides a comprehensive training, “How to Access the Juvenile Court” for foster parents and relative caregivers in California. Armed with a working knowledge of our Juvenile Court laws, caregivers can advocate for stability and effect critical changes in our foster care system.
  
  Multi-disciplinary Training, working with local Bay Area child psychologists and child development experts, Advokids has developed a multidisciplinary training to arm foster child advocates throughout California with the science and the law to encourage consistent focus on the psychological and emotional needs of our infants and children at every stage of their legal proceedings.

  Enrichment Fund

  
  The Enrichment Fund allows the community to enrich the lives of foster children. Children in foster care often cannot afford to participate in activities that so many other children take for granted. Lessons, camps, prom expenses, and educational school trips are not always available to our foster children due to financial constraints.

   

  Advokids accepts requests from caretakers, social workers, CASA volunteers and children’s attorneys.

   

  All requests are carefully screened and all donations dispersed directly to the provider. With your help, Advokids will provide for the needs of foster children that would otherwise go unmet.

  
  
  Local foster children looking for a chance to attend summer camp

  Advokids’ Enrichment Fund receives many requests for summer camp tuition assistance. Here is just a sampling of profiles of local foster children who are seeking your help to attend summer camp. Annie is 13 years old and an amazing girl. She has been in the honor roll for two years in middle school. Annie lost her mother to cancer at age seven and her father was diagnosed with lung cancer and has not been able to care for her. Annie has had many losses in her life; however she is resilient and has been able to deal with adversity. She is very sweet and loves the outdoors. She is hoping to attend camp this summer. She wants to swim, hike, and do crafts. She is hoping to attend camp this summer with all her foster siblings as they have become a big part of her support group. Andrew is 13 and been in foster care for 2 years. He is very bright and loves the outdoors. Last week he received the news that he will not be going home with his mother. He prayed every night that he would be able to go home, but due to his mother’s mental health, he will not be able to return home. He is devastated and angry. His foster mom believes that attending summer camp will help Andrew put aside some of his feelings of despair. Ally is a 10th grader whose life has been challenging ever since she was very young. She has overcome homelessness, survived her mother’s drug addiction and neglect, and the death of her father when she was only seven years old. Ally is a very resilient young woman who has learned to be self-reliant and responsible. Ally would like to attend camp this summer with all of her foster siblings. She has worked very hard this school year and has taken 8 classes each semester in order to catch up with her grade level. She will be a senior next year and hopes to apply for college the next upcoming year. Please help me give Ally a wonderful, exciting summer this year. Davey is 14 and recently received the devastating news that she will be unable to return to her mom due to mom’s physical and mental health problems. Davey is struggling academically and socially. She would love to go to camp for 2 weeks, something she has never been able to do before. The camp experience would benefit her greatly.

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  1. Call us at 415.924.0587 or toll free at 1.877.ADV4KID. We'll be happy to process a credit card payment over the phone.
  2. Mail a check or money order to: 5643 Paradise Dr., Suite 12-B,
     Corte Madera CA 94925. For your convenience, please download and print our Donation Form. Please fill in the form, enclose the top half with your payment, and keep the bottom half for your tax records.