Agency Details:

Family Advocates

Family Advocates provides a voice for children and support for families.

Description:
Family Advocates is the parent agency for two programs:

The CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) program provides the court with trained volunteers who act as Guardians ad Litems. A Guardian ad Litem is an independent third party advocate, matched with an abused or neglected child who has come under the protective custody of the Department of Health and Welfare. A guardian provides a judge with a carefully researched background of the child to help the court make a sound decision about that child's future. To determine what is in the child's best interest, a guardian visits the child regularly, meets with anyone linked to the child, ensures any medical or psychological victim services are provided, follows up with parents' compliance with court agreements. The goal of the CASA program is to ensure children placed in foster are provided with a safe, permanent home.

The Families First program is a voluntary home-based parent education service. Professionally trained parent educators visit families in their homes with lessons on child development, nutrition, health care, and effective parenting skills. The primary goal of Families First is to help parents keep their families whole and healthy and give their children the best possible start in life. To do this, Families First works one-on-one with families to increase knowledge of and confidence in parenting skills. We use two curriculums: Parents as Teachers (for parents of children 0 to 5) and Family Outreach (6 to 12).

Contact people:

Nicole Sirak, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Matt Hyde, Program Director, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (208) 345-3700

Address:

3010 W State St Ste 104 Boise, ID 83703 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.familyadvocate.org

Directions:

We are located on the corner of 31st and State St.

Last updated on November 5, 2009