Voices for Children works with children from very diverse backgrounds: all ages, all ethnicities, all socioeconomic statuses, all neighborhoods. "Our" children are just like your children. They are young and brave and talented. They are athletic and clumsy. They are smart and not-so-very-smart. They are all, without exception, beautiful.

And they are scared. They are scared because they have one thing in common - through no fault of their own, they have been removed from the care of their parents and have been legally declared "dependents" of the San Diego Juvenile Court. And once they have been removed, they enter a system that is not equipped to provide them with the individual attention, love, and advocacy they so desperately need and deserve.