Child Advocacy
change a child’s story ™
Imagine what it feels like to be a child in foster care. They are waiting for a volunteer like you to help them find a permanent, forever home.
OUR MISSION
It is our mission to provide trained independent volunteers who promote and advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children within the justice system of Kittitas County.
Our vision is a community that is aware of and committed to the efforts of Court Advocates for Children to secure safe, permanent, and loving homes for the abused and neglected children in Kittitas County.
child Advocacy
CASA volunteers are appointed by judges to advocate for children’s best interests. They stay with each case until it is closed and the child is in a safe, permanent home. We serve children from birth to eighteen years.
Volunteers work with legal and child welfare professionals, educators, and service providers to ensure that judges have all the information they need to make the most well-informed decisions for each child.
Our best-interest advocacy is driven by the guiding principle that children grow and develop best with their family of origin if that can be safely achieved. Most of the children we work with are in foster care, but some are with their families of origin. And, most children who leave foster care do so to return to their families.
BRIGHTER FUTURES AND STRONGER COMMUNITIES
Children who have experienced abuse or neglect fare better with a CASA volunteer by their side. Studies have shown:
THEY ARE
more likely
to find a safe, permanent home
THEY ARE
MORE LIKELY
to succeed in school
THEY ARE
HALF AS LIKELY
to re-enter the foster care system.
We Need Your Help
Abuse and neglect can happen to a child at any age. Babies are at the highest risk as more than one-quarter of victims are younger than three years old. Whether a three-year-old or a 15-year-old teenager, experiencing abuse or neglect has a lasting impact on a child.
Become a volunteer
Having a caring adult advocate for a child’s best interest can make a lasting difference for a child who’s been neglected or abused.