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Friends of Durham Guardian Ad Litem

Join us to help foster kids gain stability.

Because when stability becomes consistent, everything else becomes possible.

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Our Mission

To support children in foster care with the resources, relationships, and stability they need to feel safe, seen, and supported.

Why These Kids Need Us

Because we are dedicated to help children overcome:

  • Being without essential nutrition, clothing, or safe shelter.
  • Being homeless or without needed medical care.
  • Experiencing physical or sexual abuse.
  • Parental substance abuse and domestic violence.
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Some Current Facts:

111
Guardian Ad Litem volunteers serving Durham’s children.
#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.
% are a range, as studies differ.
The most common challenges are complex trauma, mental-health disorders, and educational instability.