SFCASA is the only volunteer program in San Francisco that empowers everyday citizens to become officers of the court to serve as advocates and mentors to abused and neglected children in foster care. In an overburdened and under-funded social welfare system, foster children can slip through the cracks without caring and consistent adults to speak up on their behalf.

SFCASA volunteers change that. They work one-on- one with children in foster care, and provide judges with the crucial information needed to make sound decisions that affect the lives of these children.

SFCASA volunteers are often the only caring and consistent adult presence in the lives of San Francisco's foster children.