We have made a number of updates to our website to remove out-of-date items and add current information. Changes were made to the following pages.
- Contact
- Added Shirlynne Colson and Khamisi Thorpe
- Updated Laurie Williams' mobile telephone
- Removed Alex Castellanos, Christine Gornik, Tasha Loftin, Paige Nirenberg, Lillian Walker, and Saffa Wilkes
- Leadership
- Added the 2021 Joy Aukema Taps Children's Advocate Award to Deborah Moore's biography
- Training
- Updated the "Phase 2" section and "Phase 3" checklist
Last Call: Great Southern BBQ Fundraiser
If you have not already reviewed the Great Southern BBQ Fundraiser menu and placed your order, time is running out. You have until this Friday, July 30, 2021 at 11:00 AM to order online and contribute toward the fundraiser.
We appreciate your assistance. Thank you!
New Continuing Education Form
Updated versions of the Continuing Education Form form have been published. The form may be downloaded from the Form and Document Library in the "Forms and Documents: Annual Requirements" section.
New Continuing Education Materials
Twenty-one new continuing education resources are available to download from the "Complete Your Hours Now" section of the Continuing Education page. Volunteers may read these documents for up to twelve hours of credit.
If you have any questions about continuing education, reporting hours or annual certification, please email deborah.moore
gal.fl.gov to contact our training coordinator.
We regularly host, sponsor and support a variety of events that provide community outreach, increase awareness of our program, help recruit new volunteers, raise funds and furnish training to our volunteer guardians ad litem. The following events were added to our calendar.
Educational/Parent Surrogate Training 2020-2021
Continuing Education
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Thursday, May 20, 2021
You can also browse and access events on our calendar grid.
Document Update
The Guardian ad Litem Caregiver Brochure on the Prospective Volunteers page has been updated. This document may be downloaded in the "Volunteer Advocate Position Description" section.
New Volunteer Resource
The Leon County Human Services Resource Guide, an annually-updated directory of Leon County services available to the community, has been added to the Current Volunteers page. This document may be downloaded in the "Resources" section.
We regularly host, sponsor and support a variety of events that provide community outreach, increase awareness of our program, help recruit new volunteers, raise funds and furnish training to our volunteer guardians ad litem. The following events were cancelled and removed from our calendar due to COVID-19.
Form and Document Library
One updated document is now available to download in the Form and Document Library on the Current Volunteers page.
Staff Directory Update
Our staff directory on the Contact page has been updated to reflect recent personnel changes.
Please join us in congratulating Saffa Wilkes on her promotion to Child Advocate Manager. In addition, Melissa Moore-Josephs and Zoe Richmond have departed. We thank Melissa and Zoe for their service and wish them the best with their future endeavors.
Finally, mobile telephone numbers were added for Lisa Meola, Laurie Williams and Erica Zamarron.
Thank you and stay safe!
We regularly host, sponsor and support a variety of events that provide community outreach, increase awareness of our program, help recruit new volunteers, raise funds and furnish training to our volunteer guardians ad litem. The following events were cancelled and removed from our calendar due to COVID-19.
Thank you and stay safe!
We regularly host, sponsor and support a variety of events that provide community outreach, increase awareness of our program, help recruit new volunteers, raise funds and furnish training to our volunteer guardians ad litem. The following event was added to our calendar.
You can also browse and access events on our calendar grid.
Event Cancellations
A number of cancellations recently took place due to COVID-19.
COVID-19 Resources
We are temporarily not conducting in-person interviews and training at this time. No worries, though! We have switched from our face-to-face format to telephone interviews and online training. Your health and safety is our priority, so we will be conducting everything remotely until it is safe to be in the community again.
As such, the "Apply To Volunteer" section on the Prospective Volunteers page has been updated with the current procedure.
Finally, for the latest information and resources related to COVID-19, visit the following links — also available on our home page under "Alerts and Reminders".
Stay healthy and be safe!
We regularly host, sponsor and support a variety of events that provide community outreach, increase awareness of our program, help recruit new volunteers, raise funds and furnish training to our volunteer guardians ad litem. The following event was added to our calendar.
You can also browse and access events on our calendar grid.
Event Cancellation
The Educational Surrogate Lunch and Learn training scheduled for Thursday, March 26, 2020 has been cancelled. Other sessions are available this year in April, May, August, September, October and November.
Pre-Service Training Update
The Training page has been updated to include a new pre-service training requirement. The web-based course "Understanding Implicit Bias" is now listed in the Phase 1: Independent Study section.
We regularly host, sponsor and support a variety of events that provide community outreach, increase awareness of our program, help recruit new volunteers, raise funds and furnish training to our volunteer guardians ad litem. The following events were added to our calendar.
Educational Surrogate Lunch and Learn
Continuing Education
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Educational Surrogate Lunch and Learn
Continuing Education
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Educational Surrogate Lunch and Learn
Continuing Education
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Educational Surrogate Lunch and Learn
Continuing Education
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Educational Surrogate Lunch and Learn
Continuing Education
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Educational Surrogate Lunch and Learn
Continuing Education
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Educational Surrogate Lunch and Learn
Continuing Education
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Educational Surrogate Lunch and Learn
Continuing Education
Thursday, November 19, 2020
You can also browse and access events on our calendar grid.
We regularly host, sponsor and support a variety of events that provide community outreach, increase awareness of our program, help recruit new volunteers, raise funds and furnish training to our volunteer guardians ad litem. The following events were added to our calendar.
2020 Volunteer Training
This year's pre-service training for new volunteers is offered in two varieties. Standard six-day sessions ("A") are conducted on three Tuesday and three Thursday evenings. Additional two-day sessions ("B") are conducted on two Saturdays.
Volunteer Training: January 2020 A
January 7, 9, 14, 16, 21 and 23
Volunteer Training: January 2020 B
January 4 and 25
Volunteer Training: February 2020 A
February 4, 6, 11, 13, 18 and 20
Volunteer Training: February 2020 B
February 8 and 22
Volunteer Training: March 2020 A
March 3, 5, 10, 12, 17 and 19
Volunteer Training: March 2020 B
March 7 and 21
Volunteer Training: April 2020 A
April 7, 9, 14, 16, 21 and 23
Volunteer Training: April 2020 B
April 4 and 25
Volunteer Training: May 2020 A
May 5, 7, 12, 14, 19 and 21
Volunteer Training: May 2020 B
May 9 and 23
Volunteer Training: June 2020 A
June 2, 4, 9, 11, 16 and 18
Volunteer Training: June 2020 B
June 6 and 20
Volunteer Training: July 2020
July 7, 9, 14, 16, 21 and 23
Volunteer Training: August 2020 A
August 4, 6, 11, 13, 18 and 20
Volunteer Training: August 2020 B
August 1 and 22
Volunteer Training: September 2020 A
September 1, 3, 8, 10, 15 and 17
Volunteer Training: September 2020 B
September 5 and 19
Volunteer Training: October 2020 A
October 6, 8, 13, 15, 20 and 22
Volunteer Training: October 2020 B
October 3 and 24
Volunteer Training: November 2020
November 3, 5, 10, 12, 17 and 19
Other Events
You can also browse and access events on our calendar grid.
Happy New Year!
Staff Directory Update
Our staff directory on the Contact page has been updated to reflect recent personnel changes.
Eric Emery, Taylor Tachell and Shanna-Kay Turner have departed. We thank Eric, Taylor and Shanna-Kay for their service and wish them the best with their future endeavors.
Minor Housekeeping
Several small updates were made to the Continuing Education page and resource center to remove out-of-date content.
