CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: GIVING A VOICE TO CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE IN CENTRAL OREGON
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Why every child in need deserves an advocate

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A child with a CASA volunteer is more likely to find a safe, permanent home.
  • More likely to be adopted
  • Less likely to re-enter foster care
  • More likely to have a plan for permanency, especially children of color

Children with a CASA volunteer get more help while in the system.
  • Because of your personal attention, more services are ordered for the children

Children with a CASA volunteer are better represented in courts.
  • CASA volunteers reduce the time needed by lawyers
  • CASA volunteers are more likely than paid lawyers to file written reports​
  • Highly effective in having their recommendations adopted by the court CASA/GAL Best Interest Advocacy Research

Children with CASA volunteers do better in school.
  • More likely to pass all courses
  • Less likely to have poor conduct in school
  • Less likely to be expelled

Children with a CASA Volunteer score better on nine protective factors than children without a CASA.
  1.  Neighborhood resources
  2.  Interested adults
  3. Sense of acceptance
  4.  Controls against deviant behavior 
  5. Models of conventional behavior
  6. Positive attitude towards the future 
  7. Valuing achievement
  8. Ability to work with others 
  9. Ability to work out conflicts


*Source of information: National CASA

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