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Go Blue with CASA! BLUE is the color of Child Abuse Prevention. Join CASA in wearing blue every Wednesday
to spread awareness in our community. Want to go blue?
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A child with a CASA volunteer is more likely to find a safe, permanent home: - More likely to be adopted
- Half as likely to reenter
foster care
- Substantially less likely to spend time in long-term foster
care
- More likely to have a plan for permanency, especially children of
color
Children with CASA volunteers get more help while in the system... - More services are ordered for the children
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and are more likely to have a consistent, responsible adult presence. - Volunteers
spend significantly more time with the child than a paid guardian ad litem.
Children
with CASA volunteers spend less time in foster care... - "It
is quite remarkable that children without CASA involvement are spending an average of
over eight months longer in care,
compared to children having CASA involvement."
... and
are less likely to be bounced from home to home. - CASA volunteers
improve representation of children
- Reduce the time needed by lawyers
- More likely than paid lawyers to file written reports
- For
each of nine duties, judges rated CASA/GAL volunteers more highly than attorneys
- Highly effective in having their recommendations adopted by the court
Children with CASA volunteers do better in school... - More likely to pass all courses
- Less likely to have poor conduct
in school
- Less likely to be expelled
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and score better on nine protective factors - Neighborhood resources,
interested adults, sense of acceptance, controls against deviant behavior, models of conventional behavior, positive attitude
towards the future, valuing achievement, ability to work with others and ability to work out conflicts.
http://www.casaforchildren.org/site/c.mtJSJ7MPIsE/b.5332511/k.7D2A/Evidence_of_Effectiveness.htm
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History
of the CASA MovementIn 1977, a Seattle Superior Court Judge named David Soukup was concerned about trying to make
decisions on behalf of abused and neglected children without enough information. He conceived the idea of appointing
community volunteers to speak up for the best interests of these children in court. He made a request for volunteers; 50 citizens responded, and that was the start of the CASA movement. Today, there are more than 59,000 advocates serving
in 954 state and local program offices nationwide. CASA
programs across the country are known by several different
names, including Guardian ad Litem, Child Advocates and
Voices for Children. Since the
inception of CASA advocacy, volunteers have helped more than 2
million children find safe, permanent homes in which they can thrive.
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The Impact of Advocates Child abuse and neglect can be prevented and stopped, and families
strengthened, by proven programs that work! CASA provides a unique response on behalf of children that are: at risk of not having adequate nourishment, clothing, or
shelter at risk of physical injury, illness, or handicap without adequate medical care at
risk of not being encouraged, consoled, or nurtured by a caring, trusted adult at risk of lingering in foster care, waiting for a permanent, stable and secure home
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