Every Child Deserves a Champion
Expert legal advocacy for foster children and comprehensive support for families pursuing permanency
Our Commitment to Every Child
At ACCT, we are dedicated to providing legal advocacy for foster children in Mid-Missouri. Our committed attorneys advocate for dozens of abused and neglected children in foster care, acting as their guardians ad litem. ACCT attorneys fight for each child to receive the best possible outcome as quickly as possible.
Whether in the court, school, or community setting, ACCT attorneys go above and beyond advocating for the best interests of the children they serve. Their goal is to ensure children are safe, essential services are delivered, and a forever home is found as soon as possible.
Why Legal Advocacy Is Essential
Foster care is full of resources and promises, but too often, the gap between what’s supposed to happen and what actually happens is wide. Advocacy is the bridge. Children in foster care deserve the most powerful voice the system can offer: a licensed attorney trained to hold systems accountable and fight for their best interests. Our work changes lives by ensuring services get delivered, voices are heard, and children find their way home.
Advocacy is the Bridge
We step in to make sure services get delivered, voices are heard, and systems follow through. While others provide therapy, housing, or case management, our role is to ensure those services reach the children who need them without delay, and with relentless follow-up.
Legal Power Matters
Children deserve attorneys who are trained to navigate complex legal systems and hold institutions accountable. When a child’s safety, future, and family is on the line, we don’t rely on good intentions alone; we rely on legal advocacy to protect their rights.
Our Work Changes Lives
Because of our advocacy, children get placed with relatives instead of strangers, receive mental health care faster, and are reunited with family, or adopted into safe homes, sooner. Our attorneys uncover missed opportunities and push for decisions that prioritize a child’s future.
Our Real-World Impact
Research is clear: when children have engaged legal advocacy, their lives improve. Across the country, children with strong representation experience less time in foster care, fewer placements and disruptions while in care, a lower likelihood of reentering foster care, and greater access to critical resources and supports for themselves and their families.
At ACCT, this isn’t just data, it’s the daily reality we work toward for every child we represent.
ACCT Family Formation
Every child deserves a safe, permanent home. ACCT’s Permanency Program helps families complete guardianships and adoptions quickly and with full legal support. From filing paperwork to covering fees, our attorneys guide you every step of the way—so children spend less time in foster care and more time where they belong.
Our Team
At ACCT, we know that programs don’t change lives, people do. Our attorneys and advocates are the heart of our work, standing beside children in foster care every day to ensure their voices are heard and their futures protected.
Meet the passionate, dedicated team making a difference for children in Mid Missouri.