Thursday, January 8, 2015
What Resonates With You About Early Childhood Public Policy and Advocacy?
The reason why I choose this specialization is because everyday I see children in my school that are in foster care system or living with their grandparents or other family members. I want to be the voice for the children who do not have that person who wants to best for them including a safe and loving home. In 2014, I completed my training to become a CASA volunteer for Johnson County Texas. In November 2014 I received my first case, two teenage girls were sexually abused by their father and watched their father shot their mother. It makes me so disgusted that it had to come down to this for the girls to be removed from their parents care. CPS workers are overloaded with so many cases that I feel that they are unable to truly give the attention the children. As a CASA volunteer I am their voice during the entire process in the foster care system.
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I am glad to hear that you want to be the voice for these children. It is really important that these children have someone that is going to stand up and speak for them. Thank you for sharing about the experience that you did. It is really sad when children, regardless of their age, have to endure something like this. Especially when it is their father that does such a disgusting thing. I know that you will make a big difference. I look forward to hear more from you as the class goes on.
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