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We recruit everyday citizens to make a difference in a child victim's life. You don't have to have a special degree to be a CASA Volunteer.
We train our CASA Volunteers using a National and State mandated training that equips our CASA Volunteers to be the best advocates for the children they serve.
Our staff collaborates, supports, and supervises the efforts of each of our CASA Volunteers to ensure they are never alone in their advocacy journey.
CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates. CASA is a volunteer-based nonprofit that spans the nation, providing Court-Appointed Special Advocates for abused, neglected, and dependent children in the family court system. CASA volunteers are community-based and are appointed by judges to advocate for the best interest(s) of the children whose case they are appointed to. Once assigned to a child, the volunteer researches the child's case, reviews documents, meets with the child and family, meets with professionals involved in the case and in the child's life.. Then, the CASA creates a report for the court that details observations and factual information, as well as recommending services, visitation, and more that may be in the child's best interest.
The beauty of this role is that a CASA volunteer is a community member with no particular formal education or experience, who is then trained to become an objective, open-minded advocate. CASAs focus their efforts on gathering information and making recommendations for abused, neglected, and dependent children, who otherwise may not have a voice. Often, a CASA is one of few consistent people in these children's lives during the course of their family court case.
Volunteers are carefully screened and are very well trained; they receive a minimum of 30 hours of initial training and complete 12 hours of ongoing training each year. When a CASA volunteer accepts a case, there is a commitment to staying with that case until the child has a safe, permanent home, and the case is formally closed within the court.
CASA of the Bluegrass is a member of the National CASA/GAL Association, as well as being a part of the Kentucky CASA Network.
The National CASA/GAL Association, together with state and local member programs, supports and promotes court-appointed volunteer advocacy so every child who has experienced abuse or neglect can be safe, have a permanent home, and the opportunity to thrive.
The Kentucky CASA Network is an association of 21 local programs, covering 94 Kentucky counties, which served 3,472 abused and neglected children in 2023. The KCN also advocates for the needs of CASA programs with industry stakeholders in the Capitol and throughout the state. The KCN, as well as all local CASA programs, are governed by the Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS).
CASA of the Bluegrass
PO Box 45 Danville, KY 40423 US
CASA of the Bluegrass does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, or age.
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