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Become a CASA Advocate and make a lasting difference in the life of a child who has experienced abuse or neglect. CASA Advocates are trained volunteers appointed by the court to provide consistent support, advocate for a child's best interests, and help ensure they have the opportunity to grow up in a safe, stable, and permanent home.
Become a CASA Advocate
Who Can Become a CASA Advocate?
What Does a CASA Advocate Do?
Why Become a CASA Advocate?
Become a CASA Advocate
One caring adult can change the course of a child's life.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) are trained community volunteers appointed by judges to advocate for children and youth who have experienced abuse or neglect. As a CASA Advocate, you'll become a consistent, trusted adult who helps ensure a child's voice is heard while promoting their safety, well-being, and long-term success.
Children in foster care often experience tremendous uncertainty. They may move between homes, change schools, lose connections with family and friends, and face difficult decisions that affect every aspect of their future. During this challenging time, your presence can provide consistency, encouragement, and hope.
As a CASA Advocate, you'll build relationships, gather information from the people involved in a child's life, monitor their progress, and provide independent recommendations to the court. Your advocacy helps judges make informed decisions based on the child's best interests.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) are trained community volunteers appointed by judges to advocate for children and youth who have experienced abuse or neglect. As a CASA Advocate, you'll become a consistent, trusted adult who helps ensure a child's voice is heard while promoting their safety, well-being, and long-term success.
Children in foster care often experience tremendous uncertainty. They may move between homes, change schools, lose connections with family and friends, and face difficult decisions that affect every aspect of their future. During this challenging time, your presence can provide consistency, encouragement, and hope.
As a CASA Advocate, you'll build relationships, gather information from the people involved in a child's life, monitor their progress, and provide independent recommendations to the court. Your advocacy helps judges make informed decisions based on the child's best interests.
Who Can Become a CASA Advocate?
CASA Advocates come from every walk of life.
CASAs are teachers, healthcare professionals, business leaders, retirees, military veterans, parents, recent graduates, and community members who simply want to make a meaningful difference. You don't need experience in law, education, social work, or child welfare to become an effective Advocate.
If you're compassionate, dependable, willing to learn, and committed to helping children, we'll provide the training and support you need to succeed.
CASAs are teachers, healthcare professionals, business leaders, retirees, military veterans, parents, recent graduates, and community members who simply want to make a meaningful difference. You don't need experience in law, education, social work, or child welfare to become an effective Advocate.
If you're compassionate, dependable, willing to learn, and committed to helping children, we'll provide the training and support you need to succeed.
What Does a CASA Advocate Do?
Every case is unique, but CASA Advocates typically:
- Develop a trusted relationship with the youth assigned to them
- At least once a month, meet with the child to foster the relationship and better understand their needs
- Communicate with teachers, counselors, healthcare providers, foster parents, relatives, and social workers
- Review records and monitor services being provided
- Attend court hearings and provide written recommendations
- Advocate for the child's best interest including educational success, healthcare, permanency, stability, and the child's overall well-being
- Help ensure the child's needs remain the priority throughout the court process
Because CASA Advocates focus on one child or sibling group at a time, they can provide individualized attention that makes a meaningful difference throughout the life of a case.
Why Become a CASA Advocate?
Becoming a CASA Advocate will make a lasting difference in the life of a child who has experienced abuse or neglect.
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You'll have the chance to build a meaningful relationship with a child who needs someone to believe in them, encourage them, and speak up for their best interests. While you won't make decisions for the court, your independent observations and recommendations help judges better understand each child's unique circumstances and needs.
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Many CASA Advocates say the experience is one of the most rewarding ways they've ever served their community. The time you invest today can have a lasting impact on a child's future by helping them find stability, receive important services, and move toward a safe and permanent home.
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When children know someone is consistently showing up for them, listening to them, and advocating on their behalf, they gain something every child deserves: hope.
Every Child Deserves Someone in Their Corner.
