Calling All Bilingual Volunteers: Support Unaccompanied Immigrant Children!

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About Us:
The Young Center is a nonprofit organization advocating for the best interests of unaccompanied and separated immigrant children. As part of our work, we train volunteers to support an individual child in a detention facility, providing accompaniment and support until their are released or reunified and shortly after as they are adjusting to life outside the detention facility.

What You'll Do:
As a Young Center volunteer Child Advocate, you'll meet with an unaccompanied immigrant child or youth in government custody for one hour each week. Volunteers engage with the child, learn their story, provide companionship, play, and assist in advocating for their best interests alongside Young Center social workers and attorneys.

Where:
We're seeking volunteers in or willing to travel to any of the following areas including Downtown, Midtown, Sunnyside, Aldine, Southwest Houston, Baytown, Channelview, Manvel, Katy, Wallis, Eagle Lake, or Victoria, TX on a weekly basis.

Next steps:
Application review is ongoing, so early submissions are encouraged! Upcoming trainings are scheduled for March and September. No legal or social work experience is needed, just a willingness to learn and provide support to children and youth.

To Apply:
Visit theyoungcenter.org/volunteer to fill out the application or join an information session through Mobilize: https://www.mobilize.us/theyoungcenter/

Questions?
Email volunteer@theyoungcenter.org for more information.