CASA of Central Virginia

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Central Virginia is a nonprofit organization that recruits, trains, and supports volunteers who advocate for children who have been abused and neglected. A CASA volunteer is a citizen who wants to help children in a dramatic way. It is no ordinary volunteer job. Our volunteers receive intensive screening and in-depth training about abused children and how to speak for them. CASAs are appointed by the court and are assigned to a child until that child is in a safe, permanent home. A CASA finds out everything about the child and is supervised by a staff member who guides the work and offers that human partnership needed in this emotionally gripping work. Armed with facts and the childs own words, the CASA is able to give an informed recommendation, and the childs own voice, to our Judges. We dont have much time to help some of these children, but we do have some solutions. The sooner abused and neglected children are put into a safe, perman...