Causes: Child Abuse Prevention, Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Civil Rights, Crime & Law, Domestic Violence, Protection Against Abuse
Mission: To advocate for and support abused and neglected children in the court system to ensure their right to safe, stable permanent homes.
Results: During FY21 (7/1/20-6/30/21), 96 CASA volunteers advocated for 146 children in the foster care system in Anne Arundel County. Thirty-six new CASA volunteers were trained, 54 new children were served, and 97% of the children whose cases closed were living in safe, stable, permanent homes.
Target demographics: AACCASA serves only abused and neglected children from infancy to 21 years of age who are under the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County and have been adjudicated as CINA (Child in Need of Assistance). CINA is the legal status that is given to children who have been abused and/or neglected and whose circumstances warrant protection and intervention by the Court. The children are directly referred by the juvenile court judges at the Circuit Court.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Foster children in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Geographic areas served: Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Programs: CASA is central to fulfilling society’s most fundamental obligation by making sure a qualified, compassionate adult will fight for and protect a child’s right to be safe, to be treated with dignity and respect, and to learn and grown in the security of a loving family.
Mission: To advocate for and support abused and neglected children in the court system to ensure their right to safe, stable permanent homes.
Results: During FY21 (7/1/20-6/30/21), 96 CASA volunteers advocated for 146 children in the foster care system in Anne Arundel County. Thirty-six new CASA volunteers were trained, 54 new children were served, and 97% of the children whose cases closed were living in safe, stable, permanent homes.
Target demographics: AACCASA serves only abused and neglected children from infancy to 21 years of age who are under the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County and have been adjudicated as CINA (Child in Need of Assistance). CINA is the legal status that is given to children who have been abused and/or neglected and whose circumstances warrant protection and intervention by the Court. The children are directly referred by the juvenile court judges at the Circuit Court.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Foster children in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Geographic areas served: Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Programs: CASA is central to fulfilling society’s most fundamental obligation by making sure a qualified, compassionate adult will fight for and protect a child’s right to be safe, to be treated with dignity and respect, and to learn and grown in the security of a loving family.
Children & Youth
Annapolis
