Clarification of Age Requirement for Volunteers

We have refined the age requirements text across our website to provide further accuracy and clarification to prospective volunteers.

As described in our updated Standards of Operation, anyone wishing to become a guardian ad litem must be at least twenty-one years old, pass a criminal background and complete the thirty-hour pre-service training program.

Young adults nineteen or twenty years old may become certified and are allowed to work under the guidance of and in partnership with a guardian ad litem twenty-one or above.

• Eighteen (18)
• May not volunteer
   
• Nineteen (19)
• May volunteer; allowed to work under a certified guardian ad litem twenty-one or up
   
• Twenty (20)
• May volunteer; allowed to work under a certified guardian ad litem twenty-one or up
   
• Twenty-One and Up (21+)
• May volunteer

This text has been updated on various pages including the following.

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Prospective Volunteers
• Volunteer Training W — November 2013
• Volunteer Training X — December 2013
• Make A Difference Day 2013
• Updates to Events, Pages and Posts

We hope that this provides additional clarification to those considering volunteering with the Second Judicial Circuit Guardian ad Litem Program.

Please let us know if you have any questions.