Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Civil Rights

Mission: Court appointed special advocates of atlantic & cape may counties, inc. (casa) and its trained volunteers speak on behalf of abused and neglected children in the foster care system and are dedicated to ensuring these children are placed in safe permanent homes as quickly as possible.

Programs: Casa is a community based non-profit established in 1995 to serve children in atlantic county and expanded service to cape may county in 2002.Casa volunteer advocates are appointed by family court judges to advocate on behalf of children living in the foster care system. Casa's vision is to assign a casa volunteer advocate to every child in its service region. Casa staff recruited and trained 90 new community members to become casa volunteer advocates. Casa supported the work of 240 active volunteers who advocated for 550 children. Casa advocates worked with system collaborators and the courts and ultimately ensured that 146 children's cases achieved permanency.