Child Advocates of Silicon Valley

Their goals is to help troubled children which is noble mission but my onboarding experience is not that good. First of all, their rules are too draconian, I donated number of toys during pandemic but they took brand new ones and refused even lightly used toys citing danger of covid transmission due to their policy. But that policy was based on ignorance a scientific research has always stressed airways were primary means of transmission but 99.9% cases there had always never been a documented case of covid transmission through surface. There is also a strange policy where casa adv. Can not take their children to their home, which I feel surprised but agreed anyways but my deal breaker was adv.s can not make contact with advocated children and their own children.

I had trained for weeks and got kicked out a day before swearing in because they made assumptions about my character, including that I had been "inebriated", and didn't bother testing their theories to see it they're true. They just kicked me out with no real explanation. I wanted to take on multiple cases and help whomever I could feel that they were being heard in court, that their voice is heard.

In the process, I got silenced.
If they can behave this way towards me, I can't imagine how they behave towards the families and children that they "help".
I am left traumatized, questioning myself and my worth, after they took my time, money, effort, and information. I am horrified that this is an organization that continues to thrive, despite treating people this badly.