Things You'll Need:
- time to go through a 40 hour training program
- willingness to have a background check completed
- compassion and a strong desire to advocate for the best interests of children
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Step 1
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is an organization that recruits and trains volunteers to go through the court process with abused and neglected children. All you need to be a CASA Volunteer is a desire to help children. You do NOT have to have to be "educated," to be a CASA. We provide a forty-hour training program to teach you and provide you with all the information you will need to work effectively with the children serve.
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Step 2
CASA Volunteers are trained to be the eyes and the ears of the court. Once graduating from the training program CASA Volunteers are sworn in by the Juvenile Court Judge and become official officers of the court. A judge cannot go into these children's homes to observe the conditions in which they live, but CASA Volunteers can. They are also trained to write court reports to provide the court with information they may not otherwise receive. CASA Volunteers are trained to advocate for the child's best interests.
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Step 3
* Visit www.casaofshelbycounty.org to learn more about CASA and the work we do. Download and complete a volunteer application and mail it in to the address provided. If you have any questions, there are email addresses and a phone number where you can contact us.
Comments
2besure said
on 10/20/2008 I looked on line and there is a CASA in Charlotte, NC. I was looking for an area to volunteer.
Addonis said
on 10/17/2008 I am A CASA in Georgia
great work 5 stars