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CASA

“There was once a tree full of apples which was my family. Then one day I fell off. Some grownups came and put me in a pear tree. Then I fell off…” (Lawry 11) The words of an eleven year old in foster care show the uncertainty and loss of children who are taken from their homes and families because of abuse and neglect. Many children get stuck in “the system” moving back and forth from foster home to foster home or to group homes and shelters. Sometimes they are sent home to their biological families just to return to foster care. CASA volunteers work with attorneys, judges, and social workers to ensure children have safe homes to grow up in.
CASA, which stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates, is a national organization that was started in 1977 by a judge in Seattle, Washington. “When you’re involved with a child and you’re trying to decide what to do to facilitate that child’s growth into a mature and happy adult, you feel like you don’t have sufficient...

Posted by: Cinthia De Ruiz

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