Become a Child Advocate
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Our Volunteers Child Advocates work one-on-one with unaccompanied migrant children to connect with them and advocate for their rights. Child Advocates meet on a weekly basis for about an hour plus travel time.
We have some basic requirements to volunteering with us:
Must be at least 21 years old.
Speak a language other than English. We have a specific need for people who speak Spanish and Central American Indigenous Languages.
Have access to a car.
Attend a 2-day new volunteer training.
Attend an info session.
Be willing and able to pass a background check.
We host multiple trainings every year in both virtual and in-person formats. In 2026, trainings will take place in April, July, and September.
https://www.theyoungcenter.org/accompany-a-child/become-a-child-advocate
About The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights
Young Center attorneys and social workers, along with volunteers, are appointed as Child Advocate (guardian ad litem) by the Department of Health and Human Services. Volunteers meet with the child once a week and learn their story to help us advocate for their best interests-from custody and release to the ultimate decision about whether the child will be allowed to remain in the U.S. Our goal is to change both immigration policy and practice so that immigrant children are recognized first as children and their best interests are considered in every decision.
This opportunity has already taken place.