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.

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.

Offers a 7 passenger van to transport families to various correctional facilities to visit their loved ones. Volunteers also visit and minister to people incarcerated in the Summit County jail. Provides training to potential volunteers.

Recruits adult volunteers who can donate at least one day a month to serve as leaders and mentors for an organized youth program.

Offers opportunities for volunteers to lead Bible studies and in-prison seminars, impact criminal justice legislation, mentor prisoners, purchase and deliver gifts to children of prisoners at Christmas, and provide administrative support. Recruits local churches to work with prisoners and mentor them as they return to society.

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.

Seeks volunteers to visit with wards of the county for approximately one hour and helps fill out forms and file them with the court. Volunteers select the number of wards they wish to visit. Wards are generally adults with developmental disabilities or who have dementia and who have been deemed incompetent by the court.

Opportunities for volunteers to answer the hotline, provide hospital and court advocacy, volunteer for speaker's bureau, and many other options.

This agency offers free legal services to those with eligible income levels. Senior citizens are served regardless of income. This program can handle all kinds of civil cases, but because of the large number of requests for free legal assistance, not all applicants are served. Everyone who is low income is encouraged to call if they need legal help with a non-criminal matter (government benefits problem, social security, domestic relations, child support, and landlord/tenant problems. Also provides legal assistance to parents regarding education issues.

Trains and assigns court-appointed Guardians Ad Litem (GAL) for children whose parents are being prosecuted for abuse, neglect, or dependency. The GAL represents the child's best interest by performing an investigation and interviews of the child's family members, teachers, doctors, etc., then preparing a report for the Juvenile Court. The GAL will routinely visit the child's home once a month to monitor and assess the living situation.

Legal guardianship provided for individuals 60 and older that do not have family or friends to care for them. Staff guardian and volunteer guardians are used in Adult Advocacy Program.

Actively seeking volunteers to be trained by the Sheriffs’ Departments to assist them in finding missing and/or abducted children, including Amber Alert situations. Volunteers also offer community education programs to teach sexual-abuse awareness and prevention, internet safety, general safety issues, uncomfortable touching and so forth. Volunteers also serve at fingerprinting/ID events, as court observers, fundraising, and as Advisory Board and Board of Trustee.

Provide visitation by Chaplains and volunteers and mentoring services to individuals incarcerated in correctional facilities in Northeast Ohio. Offers the 6-week Christian-based Broken Chains Discipleship Series on an individual basis. Includes topics such as repentance, restitution, submission to authorities, accountability, and developing a new mind set through Biblical precepts.

This program works with jail inmates and their families. Also developing a new media program called Key Vision that is addressing Drug and Alcohol recovery, Employment and many other needs. Services are funded by contributions, donations and grants.

Offers a variety of different volunteer opportunities for attorneys. They can represent individual clients, handle reduced fee divorce cases, mentor other volunteers, counsel clients at shelters and neighborhood centers, assist people in preparing pro se forms, see clients at an Interfaith Legal Clinic, teach a class, or give community education presentations.

CASA volunteers are appointed to a case and they act as an investigator to try and figure out the circumstances of the child's abuse or neglect and how we can prevent it from happening again. To do this, the volunteer reviews records involving the child and family, interviews the family and various other individuals, and they interact with the child.

Volunteer-based guardianship program. Provides guardianship, for the 18 and over who have been deemed incompetent by the Local County Probate Court. The clients served have no family or no appropriate family to care for them. Majority of clients are indigent, however if they have assets, a pro bono attorney to be Guardian of Estate is secured.

Offers free legal advice, counsel and representation in civil legal matters affecting low income person's legal rights and responsibilities, including, but not limited to: Loss or denial of public benefits Medicaid/Medicare, unemployment compensation, evictions, foreclosures, domestic violence, child custody, consumer Issues, garnishments and attachments, landlord/tenant Dissolutions, Ddvorce, income tax Issues, Wills.

The Advocates for Families CASA Program is seeking caring adults to volunteer in Knox County. Volunteer duties include making contact with the child once a month; full case investigation reviewing all relevant documents; meet with anyone who has information regarding the child, including but not limited to case workers teachers, medical professionals; maintain written documentation: maintain complete confidentiality; attend all court hearings and meetings; complete annual continued education hours as required by Ohio Supreme Court Rule 48 guidelines. NOTE: CASA supervisor walks alongside each volunteer throughout the life of each case.

Provides legal guardianship services for adults age 55 and older who have no appropriate family members to make decisions for their medical care and estate.

Recruits and provides 30-hr training program for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs), who are appointed by the Juvenile Court to advocate for the best interests of children at risk for abuse, neglect and dependency.

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.

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