Who We Are
CASA of Kings County staff trains community volunteers to represent the rights and needs of abuse and neglected children in foster care. CASA Advocates become the consistent adult support in a foster child's life and relay information to the Superior Court Judge to assist with making the best informed decisions possible on behalf of their child.
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Kings County recruits, trains and supports volunteers to advocate for children and youth in the foster care system in Kings County.
Our volunteer advocates give a voice to kids in foster care so they have the best opportunity for a healthy and successful future.
What We Do
CASA is a national nonprofit organization that trains and supports volunteers to act as the eyes and ears of children involved in court proceedings and offer judges the critical perspective of what is in the best interest of each child.
Everyday innocent children who are victims of abuse and neglect become dependents of the court. This means that a judge will now decide their future. Will they be returned home, adopted, placed with relatives or remain in foster care? What is truly in their best interest? A CASA volunteer becomes the eyes and ears for the court, and someone the child can trust to speak for them.
CASA is a national association with a network of 946 programs that are recruiting, training and supporting volunteers to represent the best interests of abused and neglected children in the courtroom and other settings. In the state of California, CASA volunteers are advocating for 8,000 abused and neglected children. Although CASA has been helping children since 1977, CASA of Kings County began in 2011.
Our community alone has over 600 abused and neglected children in the foster care system who would benefit greatly from having a CASA as their advocate. Studies have shown that foster children who had a CASA are more likely to receive needed services, more likely to be adopted, and half as likely to re-enter the foster care system.
Details
| (559) 587-9908 | |
| mlemus@casakingsco.org | |
| Maritza Lemus | |
| Advocate Supervisor | |
| http://www.casakingsco.org |
