About the Nonprofit
Visit Our Website Voices for Children of Broward County (“Voices”) is part of a unique collaboration with the 17th Judicial Circuit Guardian ad Litem Program with the mission to ensure that every abused, neglected and abandoned child in Broward County has a court-appointed Guardian ad Litem and that financial resources are available for each child’s accompanying health, educational, and social needs. To accomplish this mission, Voices works with children who have an open and active dependency court case to meet each of their essential needs during this transitional period and to give them a voice throughout the entire court proceedings by working with the appointed volunteer Guardian ad Litem.
A group of community leaders convened in 2011 to face the gap in state funding for children in the child welfare system and to provide a voice to our community’s most vulnerable children. Voices was formed and became the first, and it remains the only, non-profit providing gap funding and programs solely for this population of children. Since our inception four years ago, Voices has served more than 3,000 young people who have faced the deep wounds from a crisis of parenting. In helping them to secure the basic life needs, essential education, and social experiences they equally deserve, we are ensuring that each young person in the care of the State, in Broward County discovers his or her own resilience and strength.
Through our innovative programs–School Break Food Program; Dream BIG Days; financial resources for emergency, normalcy, education, and caregiver needs; and Guardian ad Litem volunteer recruitment, retention, and training programs–Voices provides the necessary resources and tools to lead a healthy, safe, and happy childhood.
