COURTROOM PROGRAMS
Speak Up for Kids helps to ensure that every abused, abandoned and neglected child in Palm Beach County is provided with a court appointed advocate, with the intention that they don’t get lost in our overburdened legal and social service system. By partnering with the 15th Judicial Circuit - Guardian ad Litem Office, Speak Up For Kids provides positions to ensure that a team of advocates work together to provide the best advocacy for the child that includes an attorney, a child advocate manager, and a volunteer child advocate. This team works side by side throughout the dependency proceedings, following him or her during their stay in the foster care system.
Guardian ad Litem Volunteer Child Advocates are needed for the many children entering the foster care system.
Specialty Courts establish a team approach to advocacy and early intervention for a safe, loving home for the youngest of victims and children with disabilities.
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Therapeutic Court
An award-winning pilot, the first of its kind in the US, to serve the most complex cases in our county through a round-table team approach. Every agency involved in a child’s case is represented and held accountable every week in a single meeting with Judge oversight. In its first year, TC achieved 11 adoptions across the 20 most
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Early Childhood Court
Child victims of abuse enter the system at every age. ECC is targeting the best interests of infant and toddler child victims and their families working toward safe, permanent placement of these young ones faster.