A VOICE IN COURT FOR ABUSED, NEGLECTED AND ABANDONED CHILDREN
GET INVOLVED WITH CASA, IT'S REWARDING.
Nearly 6,000 children in Riverside County, California are abused, neglected or abandoned every year. They are living in foster or group home care; most will not return to their birth families. They are considered "wards of the court," and their lives are controlled to a large extent by the Judge and myriad agencies, service providers and child welfare services. The ONE STABLE ADULT PRESENCE who has no concern other than that child's welfare is the CASA volunteer.
Foster children are more likely than other children to face unemployment, homelessness, incarceration and suicide as young adults. We can change that statistic. If every child in Riverside County who needs a CASA can have a CASA, the future would be dramatically different for these children and for our society.
CASA volunteers are sworn officers of the court, who speak up for these children in juvenile court. CASA's are the glue that binds together all the services needed by the child and ensures they will be available to them. The ultimate goal is to secure a safe, nurturing, permanent home. CASA volunteers are diligent advocates for the services needed to help each child become a healthy, productive adult.
Children need you and we need our children, so they may learn to build a better world for tomorrow. These are OUR children. We can help them to help themselves.
Be a volunteer
Trainings are scheduled throughout the year.
Click on "Contact Us" and let us know you are interested.
We need your support.
Please consider making a generous contribution today!
CASA for Riverside County, Inc. is a California Non-Profit Tax Exempt Public Benefit Corporation, donations to which are tax deductable under IRS section 501 (c)(3).
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Friday, May 09, 2008
