CASA of Santa Barbara County

The mission of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Santa Barbara County is to assure a safe, permanent, nurturing home for all abused and/or neglected children by providing a highly trained volunteer to advocate for them in the court system. The goal of CASA of Santa Barbara County is to prevent abused, neglected, and abandoned children from becoming lost in the Juvenile Dependency system. In addition, we aim at finding them safe, permanent homes as soon as possible. We work carefully to match a CASA volunteer with a child to ensure that the childs best interest is served. As an advocate, a CASA volunteer fulfills six main roles: -Meet with the child once per week for at least an hour -Gather information from all interested parties, such as attorneys, social workers, teachers, caregivers, therapists, etc. -Keep an eye out for any unmet needs of the child, and advocate for those needs to be met -Write a court report to the juvenile court judge for each hearing co...