Our Impact

CASA Transforms Lives

CASA volunteer helping child

86,995

CASA volunteers help change children's lives every day.

CASA volunteer

280,316

Abused and neglected children had a CASA volunteer speaking up for their best interests in the last year.

CASA child who needs a volunteer

432,677

Children are waiting for a volunteer empowered to find them a safe, loving, permanent home.


Stories

Every child has a story. Our hope is that the following stories will give you a better explanation of the role of the CASA and the difference a CASA Volunteer can make in the life of a child.

A Family's Story

Many of the cases we see in the court system involved abuse or neglect which is generational in nature. CASA volunteers work with many children whose parents were also part of the child welfare system as youths. The abuse and neglect continues on for many of these families resulting in yet even more serious abuse/neglect situations for the children.  READ MORE

Lauren's Story

About ten years ago, I was 11 years old and in fifth grade in Longmont. I had moved from Columbus, Ohio two years before with my mother and sister. We were escaping my mother's physically abusive second husband, and though we thought that Colorado would be a new beginning, it was really just another chapter in my mother's battle with alcoholism and mental disease. Unfortunately, my younger sister and I had to find a way to cope with our mother's issues.   READ MORE

Jacke's Story

For thirteen years, my life had been chaotic. I moved two or three times a year between my mom in Georgia and my dad, who lived in North Carolina. We never had enough food. There were days when the only thing I ate was school lunch. And drugs were constantly around our home. That was just normal for me. I didn't know anything different.   READ MORE

Miranda's Story

CASA Volunteer Bethany made a difference for Miranda!

Bethany, a new CASA volunteer (also a full time Miami University student) was assigned a case involving a then 5 ½ year old little girl named Miranda. Miranda had been thrown into the Juvenile Court system at age 4 ½. She was removed from her parents during a police stop. She was found in a car with her parents who had pills, drugs and were under the influence. Miranda spent almost a year with her grandparents whom she loved a great deal. Due to health problems, the grandparents had to relinquish custody to Children Services as they could no longer care for her. This is when Bethany steps in.    READ MORE
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