ABOUT CASA

Our purpose is to help children find a safe, permanent home.

OUR MISSION

OUR VISION

The mission for CASA Voices for Children, Inc. is to speak for the best interest of abused and neglected children in the courts, through trained volunteers, to obtain a safe, permanent and nurturing environment.

Every abused and neglected child has a CASA volunteer appointed to represent his/her best interests.

When abused or neglected children enter into the juvenile court and foster care system, they do it virtually alone. In 1977, a Judge in Seattle, Washington, noticed that when he looked out over all the people presenting information to him when he heard a case of an abused child, one critical voice was missing. There was no one there whose sole focus was the best interests of the child. In times of fiscal constraints and agency politics, who better to get that information from than a trained community volunteer? Hence the birth of the CASA movement.

 

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) are community volunteers who represents the best interests of abused and neglected children who are wards of the juvenile court. After being screened and trained, a CASA is appointed to a child or sibling group. Through his or her court order, the CASA researches the case, talks to the child and involved parties and professionals, advocates for needed services and timely decisions, and submits written recommendations to the court.

 

CASA Voices for Children serves the children of Grady County. Find out more on how you can volunteer, just click here.

78 children

served in FY2019

25 volunteers

in FY2019

OUR VALUES

"The CASA workers provide me an independent voice on services and placement.”

Oklahoma Judge, 2019 Survey

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CASA Voices for Children, Inc. complies with applicable Federal Civil Rights Laws and does not discriminate based on race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, military service or lack of military service, religious affiliations or belief, or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.