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Court Appointed Special Advocates Story
Being appointed to several cases gives CASA volunteers the unique opportunity to get to know not only the children under their care but also their families and foster parents. In 2019, one of our CASA volunteers was working on two separate cases. One of them involved a foster family who […]
Hope in Your Home
In the past year, Hope in Your Home served a single mom of 5 who struggled with substance abuse and had been incarcerated due to her drug habit. When she enrolled in HIYH, her two oldest children were living with relatives and the two youngest boys were in foster care. […]
Flowering Branch Children’s Shelter
In 2019, our shelter was home to two siblings who re-entered care after a failed adoption. Coming back into the foster care system causes a great deal of trauma for children who hope to be placed into a permanent home. In these situations, we make every effort to offer children […]
Crystal Smith Success Story
Crystal Smith was living in a shelter for quite some time, but she was eager to start her housing journey. The shelter is in Floyd County, but she wanted to reside in Bartow. With no means of transportation, Crystal was determined to find an apartment. Not only did she locate […]
2019 Annual Report
2019 at Advocates brought us our theme: Growing Hope out of Hurt.
Our Board and Senior Leadership team collaborated to identify the heart of our services; we decided that Hope is central to everything we do at Advocates. Hope is defined as the feeling that what we want can be had […]
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