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CASA: A child's voice in court...

Because alone in the system is no place for a child.

Your gift can help provide advocacy for abused and
neglected children in our community. Please help
us by donating online.

What We Do: Court Appointed
Special Advocates (CASAs)
The mission of the Clatsop CASA Program Inc.
is to provide trained volunteers to speak for
the best interest of abused and neglected
children in court and child welfare systems.
The Clatsop CASA Program promotes and
supports quality volunteer representation for
children, and assists CASA volunteers as they
advocate for children to reach the goal of a
safe, nurturing home for each child. Clatsop
CASA is also dedicated to fostering social
change that enhances service delivery
systems and strengthens family functioning
in order to encourage “forever” homes for
every child in our community.

New CASA Volunteers - six new
volunteers have completed
over 35 hours of training in
order to advocate for
maltreated children. They will
be sworn in by Judge Brownhill
on April 9 at 4 pm in
Courtroom 300.

Congratulations and welcome!

Although many abused and neglected
children are assigned a CASA, there are still
not enough volunteers to meet the need. Our
next group training will start in Fall 2012.
Independent study training is also an option,
so please don't wait - call today to make a
significant difference in a child's life. Contact
Ann or Lauren at 503-338-6063, or email
lauren@clatsopcasa.org.

You can download a copy of the Volunteer
Application here.

April is Child Abuse Prevention
Month. Find out what you can
do to help prevent child abuse
and neglect. The County
Commission on Children and
Families has posted a daily
calendar of helpful tips:

http://co.clatsop.or.
us/Assets/Dept_11/PDF/CALEN
DAR.pdf

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Clatsop CASA Program, Inc.

To learn more about the National CASA
organization, visit the National CASA
website.

To learn more about the CASA mission and
how your donation dollars are put to use
by CASA, please visit The Oregon
Commission on Children and Families
website.