Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)

Jasper and Newton County CASA is a program of a non-profit agency that focuses on recruiting, training, supervising, and supporting quality volunteers whose mission is to advocate for the timely and safe placement of abused and neglected children. CASA volunteers speak for the best interest of children in the courts and advocate for each child to have a safe, permanent home.

"CASA is an organization of volunteer advocates who stand up for abused and neglected children to help them find safe, permanent homes."

CASA is the only volunteer organization that empowers everyday citizens as officers of the court. In an overburdened social welfare system, abused and neglected children often slip through the cracks among hundreds of current cases. CASA volunteers are appointed by judges. CASA volunteers commit to stay on a case until the child is placed in a safe, permanent home. While others may come and go, CASA volunteers provide that one constant link that children need in order to thrive.

Jasper and Newton County CASA prohibits from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.

Jasper and Newton County CASA are Recruiting Volunteer Advocates. Are you ready to stand up for a child who needs you? Inquire today about the power you have to change a child's life.

Web address: www.casaforchildren.org

New! Click here for the Winter 2011 CASA Newsletter

Printable Application to Be a CASA Volunteer Applications should be returned to Jasper County Youth Center Attn: Katie Hall, 910 S. Sparling Ave., Rensselaer, IN 47978

Jasper and Newton County CASA is a member of the National CASA Association and the Indiana State GAL/CASA. It is also an umbrella program of Gibault Children's Services.