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Friends of Durham Guardian Ad Litem

Help rewrite the narrative. Every foster child deserves stability and someone who believes in them.

Because when consistency, connection, and someone who believes in what they're capable of happens, everything else becomes possible.

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Our Mission

No two children carry the same story into foster care. We provide individualized resources—meeting each child where the system can’t reach or won’t go—so every child has the chance to write their own story.

Young Simone and Adria Biles standing together

Because Everyone Has Potential:

“Your past does not define your future”

Simone Biles before becoming the most decorated gymnast in history. She found stability through kinship foster care.

In our mission we believe we are not just trying to protect foster children from the statistics stacked against them — we are investing in the next Olympic champion, the next creative visionary, or the next community leader.

Why These Kids Need Us

Because we are dedicated to help children overcome:

  • Homelessness
  • Inadequate medical care
  • Absence in essential needs such as clothing, safe shelter, and nutrition
  • Physical and sexual abuse
  • Parental substance abuse and domestic violence
Children's hands together

Some Current Facts:

#1
The leading reason children enter foster care is neglect.
4 in 10
Foster children live with four or more different foster families.
50–80%
Have mental-health needs from early childhood trauma & family separation due to disrupted placements.
% are a range, as studies differ.
The most common challenges are complex trauma, mental-health disorders, and educational instability.