Our mission

  
    The mission of the Foster Care Advocacy Center is to provide holistic advocacy inside and outside the courtroom for children and parents involved in the child welfare system.

How the Foster Care Advocacy Center Started

The Foster Care Advocacy Center is the brainchild of founding board members Tara Grigg Green and Alex Hunt. Tara, inspired by her biological parents' commitment to her more than 100 foster siblings, pursued law and policy degrees to be better equipped to improve the foster care system. Alex, a Teach For America alum and experienced family law attorney, started working with foster children during law school and connected with Tara over their shared vision for a more just child welfare system.

Under Texas law, when a child is removed by Child Protective Services from his or her parents' home, the child and any indigent parents are entitled to court-appointed representation. One of the primary functions of the Foster Care Advocacy Center is to accept court appointments for complex cases that require traditional legal advocacy during the state child welfare proceedings and additional time and attention to ancillary issues that affect the wellbeing of the child and the outcome of the case. FCAC works on cases with issues relating to:

FCAC Board Members

  
Maria Mathis-Kruser

  Board Chair

Southwestern University, B.A.,

Marketing Consultant, MMM Consulting LLC

  
Myra Siddiqui, Esq.

  Vice-Chair

University of Pennsylvania, B.A.,

summa cum laude

Harvard Law School, J.D. cum laude

Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Texas

  
Shani Bacy, LCSW

  Board Secretary

University of Houston, B.S., summa cum laude

University of Houston, MSW

Research Analyst/Victim Specialist, Research Triangle Institute

  
Latrice Ashley

  Treasurer

Oklahoma State University

B.A. in Accounting

Oil & Gas Senior Financial Analyst

Non-Profit Financial Comptroller

  
Alex Hunt, Esq.

  Board Member

University of Texas at Austin, B.A., Honors
  University of Houston Law Center,
 J.D. cum laude

Teach for America Corps Member

Co-Founder, Foster Care Advocacy Center

Founding Attorney, Hunt Law Firm

  
Amy Farish

  Board Member

University of Texas at Austin, J.D.

Partner, Yetter Coleman LLP

  
Tara Grigg Green, Esq.

  Board Member

Rice University, B.A. 
University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D.

Harvard Kennedy School of Government, M.P.P.

Co-Founder and Executive Director,

Foster Care Advocacy Center

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