Florida Guardian Ad Litem Foundation

Volunteer retention and recruitmentvolunteer retention is maintained through various avenues such as volunteer recognition, training, volunteer committees on local and statewide levels, and continued support for their advocacy of foster children. Volunteer recruitment is increased by creating and maintaining partnerships with corporations, other state agencies and service organizations throughout the state.

Triumph award scholarship programthe triumph award is an opportunity for the Florida Guardian Ad Litem Foundation to recognize outstanding youth who have overcome all odds. As you know, youth in foster care face incredible challenges and need the support of friends, teachers, organizations, and the community. The Florida Guardian Ad Litem Foundation would like to be a part of this extended support system and recognize those youth who embody the spirit of the triumph award. The triumph award represents: determination, resiliency, education, aspirations, and motivation. The recipient should be one that exemplified these characteristics during their time in care and is determined to change the statistics. All twenty Guardian Ad Litem judicial circuits have the opportunity to nominate their most deserving youth (must be a high school senior that is slated to graduate in june or an existing college freshman). In addition to their educational scholarship all triumph award recipients also receive an apple mac book to help further their educational success.

Financial supporttoday the Florida statewide Guardian Ad Litem office has more than 26,000 Florida Guardian Ad Litem volunteers and volunteer alumni, but there are some children who still need the voice in court provided by a Guardian Ad Litem. Whether through grants, individual or corporate donations, or time, the Florida Guardian Ad Litem Foundation has continually worked to provide support to children represented by the Florida statewide Guardian Ad Litem office. When a specific need is identified, the Foundation provides targeted support for unique and unfunded needs of children who are represented by Florida Guardian Ad Litem volunteers. The Foundation funds such things as medical needs and money for activities related to normalcy for children represented by Florida Guardian Ad Litem volunteers. Through additional financial support of the Florida statewide Guardian Ad Litem office, the Florida Guardian Ad Litem Foundation is helping create a new reality, where every abused, abandoned and neglected child in Florida has a voice in court through their Guardian Ad Litem.