Uh, tell folks who might, may not know, what is CASA and what does it do?

Yeah.

CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates, and we recruit, train, and support volunteers, um, just everyday heroes, to advocate for children while they're going through the court system, um, due to some sort of abuse or neglect.

So our advocates, they spend time with the child every month getting to know them, getting to their families, um, learning about just their past and what they've gone through and just keeping an eye on what's going on.

And then every time the case goes to court, they let the judge know through a court report, um, what, you know, the facts are, what the observations are, what their recommendations are.

And the judges really, really appreciate that, um, because, you know, let's face it, our child welfare system is very, very overwhelmed.

I think since the beginning

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