Child Advocates Hank greets everyone with a big, welcoming smile and sparkling blue eyes. His presence is comforting, and that is especially important because Hank is a CASA volunteer who speaks on behalf of children living in the foster care system. Children living in foster care have experienced traumatizing abuse or neglect. A comforting, consistent, caring adult,…
Hank, the CASA Volunteer
Amazon Smile
Use Amazon Smile during for your holiday shopping and a portion of your purchase will be donated to Child Advocates. Just use this link to select Child Advocates as your charity of choice: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/35-1788240 AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that…
Book Signing with David Billings
Book Signing with David Billings Please join us for this special event – a book signing with David Billings at Child Advocates. Author David Billings’ book, Deep Denial, explains why race is still with us, and what the Civil Rights Movement can tell us about today. After drawing the reader into his topic, the author…
Holiday Gift Drive
Our Holiday Gift Drive provides gifts for children served by the Child Advocates, who have been victims of life-threatening abuse or neglect and – as a result – have been placed in protective custody. This project makes the holiday season brighter for children who might otherwise be without gifts for Christmas. Our goal is to…
Adoption in the U.S.
November is National Adoption Month, and to honor this special time, we’re sharing this helpful infographic. We hope this graphic will help you understand more about the adoption process and adoption in general. Here at Child Advocates we’re dedicated to finding children safe and appropriate homes in Indianapolis. We use community volunteers to help represent the best…
Attorneys Only – Volunteer Training Class
Child Advocates will host an Attorney Only – ONE DAY – CASA Volunteer training on Tuesday, December 5th from 1:00PM-7:30PM. The training will be held at Child Advocates office in suite 150. 6 hours of CLE is pending and the class is free for attorneys who complete it and volunteer with Child Advocates for…
#GivingTuesday with Child Advocates
On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 charities, families, businesses and communities around the world come together for a common purpose: to celebrate and encourage generosity. As part of this movement, we kindly ask you that you consider supporting us through #GivingTuesday. On behalf of the children we serve here at Child Advocates, we’re asking you to…
CASA Volunteers Make a Difference
Tania “In my service as a CASA, I have learned to persevere and take challenges head-on,” Tania said. “As much as I have learned what my case child is capable of, I have also learned what I am capable of.” Tania Jabour, a Humanities instructor at High Tech High, became a CASA volunteer when she…
Why Halloween can be Overwhelming for Foster Kids
I think most of the American public has seen It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, right? It’s a Halloween tradition in our house. This cartoon features a boy named Linus, who is convinced that a fictional entity called The Great Pumpkin is going to show up in the middle of a pumpkin patch and shower…
Our Kids. Our Cases. Meet Tyler.
The following story is true; though names and specific details have been altered in order protect the privacy of our children. Every day in Marion County more than 10 children are victims of abuse and neglect. These are their stories. Tyler (9 years old) was in the living room playing video games alone. Tyler’s father,…
