Agency Project

Kyler Williamson

As of March, 2016 Robeson County

Guardian Ad Litem program serves
314 children
Only 92 children have an assigned
GAL volunteer advocate
We only have 42 volunteer advocates
Which leaves 222 children without
someone to support them through the
court process

Facts

One word:
RECRUITMENT

How do we combat this

issue?

We contacted 25 local churches to

see if we could either speak at their
church or see if members of their
congregation would be interested
in becoming a volunteer advocate.

Partnership with local

churches

We initially researched 15 local

churches.
Sent out letters to the churches
Called every two weeks or so to follow
up
If they werent interested then we
replaced them with another church

Process

We were not successful in our

attempts to recruit new child
advocates.

Outcome

Started earlier: we were given a month to

complete it but when no one responded
the deadline was extended.
No one was at the churches when we
called so not a lot of contact was made
with the individuals at the churches.
Attempted contact one weekend because
no one is there during the week.

What we could have done

differently.

Luckily, youll be in Pembroke getting

that MASTERS !
You can become a volunteer and the
voice for a child.

But theres still hope

1.4, 5.3, 10.11

Practice behaviors/
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