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A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove-

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But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.

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  The Need for CASA

Each year thousands of children enter into complex child protection and juvenile court proceedings through no fault of their own. These innocent victims of abuse, neglect, and abandonment belong to no one as they silently wait for the court to decide their future.

Many of these children become victims a second time, lost in an overburdened, underfunded system that cannot pay close attention to each child whose life is in its hands.  Sometimes a child can remain adrift in foster care for months, even years. Each year, more than 300 children are in foster care in East Baton Rouge Parish.

What We Do:

The CASA program recruits, trains and supervises community volunteers to speak up for abused and neglected children and advocate for their timely placement into safe and permanent homes.

CASA volunteers are trained to give special representation to abused children so they will not fall through the cracks of the juvenile justice and child protection systems.

  
   

A CASA volunteer spends time and gets to know one child or one group of siblings and find out what their needs are.

A CASA volunteers speaks with caseworkers, foster parents and others involved in the child's life to gather information, ensure the child's needs are being met and ensure that he or she is placed in a safe, permanent home quickly.

A CASA volunteer makes recommendations to a judge about what is in the child's best interests.

Learn how to become a volunteer here.

 
 

Get to  Know Us:

= Visit our Get to Know Us page to learn more about Capital Area CASA, serving East Baton Rouge Parish since 1992.

= Read the quarterly newsletter distributed to community supporters, featuring CASA's most recent events and true stories from the volunteers who lived them. If you would like to be included on the mailing list for this newsletter, email us at info@casabr.org.

 
   

 

 

To inquire about volunteering please email us at volunteer@casabr.org.

 

    
       
 

     

  

 

  
   

 
                                                              
     

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Capital Area CASA Association   341 St. Joseph Street  Baton Rouge  LA 70802
 

Phone: 225.379.8598    Fax: 225.379.3362    Email: info@casabr.org