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Provides trained volunteers advocate for the best interests of children whose parents have become involved with Allen County Children Services due to issues of abuse, neglect, or dependency. Advocates research the situation, interview family, and then prepare a report for the Juvenile Court Judge regarding placement and treatment of the child.

211 Allen County

Provides training and support for volunteers to be guardians ad litem for abused and neglected children in Lucas County; volunteers investigate the cases on behalf of the Juvenile Court and advocate for the best interests of abused children.

UW 211 Greater Toledo

Provides training and support for volunteers to be guardians ad litem for abused and neglected children in Lucas County. Volunteers investigate the cases on behalf of the Juvenile Court and advocate for the best interests of abused children.

UW 211 Greater Toledo

Monitors neglected and abused children in the Wood County Juvenile Court system progress until the child is placed by the Court in a permanent home. The goal of the CASA/GAL advocate is to ensure that a child’s voice, needs, and wishes are heard by the Court and that the child’s right to a safe, permanent home is acted on in a sensitive and expedient manner.

UW 211 Greater Toledo

Guardians Ad Litem (GAL) are community volunteers who are trained and appointed by the court to advocate for the best interests of children whose parents have become involved with the Juvenile Court due to issues of abuse, neglect, or dependency.

UW 211 Greater Toledo

Appoints Guardian ad Litems (GALs) and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs). The GAL represents the child's best interest by performing an investigation and interviews of the family and their situation. GALs have been trained for this position and are generally attorneys, social workers, or psychologists. A GAL may be appointed for reasons such as to ensure the child's views are heard or one parent's behavior may be hurting the child. A CASA is a volunteer who can serve children with open cases with the Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services, typically children at risk for abuse, neglect, dependency, and aging-out of the foster care system.

211 Cleveland

Provides information concerning Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and Guardian Ad Litem (GALs) who advocate for the best interests of children whose parents have become involved with the Juvenile Court due to issues of abuse, neglect, or dependency. The CASA volunteer investigates the situation, conducts interviews with the family, then prepares a report for the Juvenile Court. Offers training courses for community volunteers who wish to act in the role of the CASA.

211 Cleveland

Volunteers help children who are in the Juvenile Court System due to abuse, neglect, or dependency find safe, permanent homes.

211 Mansfield OH

Recruits volunteers from the community to speak for the best interest of abused, neglected and dependent children in juvenile court proceedings. Volunteers are assigned to an abuse or neglect case by Judge Steve McKinley. Duties include conducting research on the background of the case, reviewing documents, interviewing everyone involved, including the child, making reports to the court, recommending what is determined to be best for the child, and providing the judge with information for decision making process.

211 Mansfield OH

Provides every child who enters the Juvenile Court system as a result of allegations of abuse, neglect, and dependency with a trained community volunteer to advocate in court for what is in the child's best interest.

211 Summit

Appoints guardians who act as advocates for the child of parents involved in custody, visitation, and/or support issues at court. Guardians are appointed by the court to provide an independent and objective opinion to the court regarding child-related issues, keeping as a focus the best interests of the child.

Lifeline Lake County 211

Recruits, screens, trains, and supervises volunteers to be appointed as guardian ad litem by Juvenile Court for abused, neglected, and dependent children.

UW 211 Greater Toledo

Miami County CASA/GAL (Court Appointed Special Advocate/Guardian Ad Litem) program provides trained volunteers to represent the best interests of abused, neglected and dependent children in juvenile court. The volunteers are responsible for conducting interviews with all interested parties in the case in order to provide a report to the Juvenile Judge or Magistrate, attend meetings at Children Services, attend court hearings, and conduct home visits with the child they are advocating for. Can not provide service to any private custody cases.

HelpLine211 Delaware OH

Provides trained volunteers advocate for the best interests of children whose parents have become involved with Allen County Children Services due to issues of abuse, neglect, or dependency. Advocates research the situation, interview family, and then prepare a report for the Juvenile Court Judge regarding placement and treatment of the child.

UW 211 Greater Toledo

Recruits, screens, trains, and supervises volunteers to be appointed as guardian ad litem by Juvenile Court for abused, neglected, and dependent children.

UW 211 Greater Toledo

Provides trained GAL (Guardian Ad Litem) volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children who are involved with Lorain County Children Services and the court system.

211 Summit

Guardians Ad Litem (GAL) are community volunteers who are trained and appointed by the court to advocate for the best interests of children whose parents have become involved with the Juvenile Court due to issues of abuse, neglect, or dependency.

211 Allen County

Links concerned community volunteers and the abused and neglected children in need of a voice to speak up for their best interest. Volunteers are appointed by the court to help ensure that the children receive appropriate services and treatment by independently monitoring a child’s situation, identifying community resources and participating in the court process.

LSS 211 Central Ohio

Provides information concerning court-appointed Guardians Ad Litem (GAL), who advocate for the best interests of children whose parents have become involved with the Juvenile Court due to issues of abuse, neglect, or dependency. The GAL investigates the situation, conducts interviews with the family then prepares a report for the Juvenile Court. Offers training courses for community volunteers who wish to act in the role of the Guardian ad litem.

211 Summit

Provides information concerning Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and Guardians Ad Litem (GAL) who advocate for the best interests of children whose parents have become involved with the Juvenile Court due to issues of abuse, neglect, or dependency. CASA staff investigate the situation, conduct interviews with the family, then prepares reports for the Juvenile Court. Also offers training courses for community volunteers who wish to act in the role of the CASA.

211 Cleveland

Provides court-appointed Guardians Ad Litem (GALs) and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) who advocate for the best interests of children whose parents have become involved with the Juvenile Court due to issues of abuse, neglect, or dependency. The GAL investigates the situation, conducts interviews with the family, then prepares a report for the Juvenile Court. Trains, supports and supervises community volunteers to act in the role of the Guardian ad litem.

211 Cleveland

Recruits, screens, trains, and supervises volunteers to be appointed as guardian ad litem by Juvenile Court for abused, neglected, and dependent children.

UW 211 Greater Toledo

Appoints a Guardian ad Litem (GAL) for youth whose parents are divorced or divorcing and are affected by custody and visitation issues. The GAL represents the child's best interest by performing an investigation and interviews of the family and their situation. GALs have been trained for this position and are generally attorneys, social workers, or psychologists. A GAL may be appointed for reasons such as to ensure the child's views are heard or one parent's behavior may be hurting the child.

211 Cleveland