Mission Statement
Golden Crescent CASA provides community volunteers to serve as Guardians ad Litem and Court Appointed Special Advocates for the best interests of children in foster care.
Vision
Golden Crescent CASA is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to improving the lives of children in our county. CASA recruits, trains and supervises volunteers who are selected to act as Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) to be a voice for the child in court. Golden Crescent CASA is part of a nationwide organization of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) with nearly 1,000 programs and around 75,000 volunteers nationwide.
History
Golden Crescent CASA is part of a national volunteer movement that began in 1977 when Judge David Soukup in Seattle decided he needed to know more about the children whose lives were in his hands. His solution was to ask community volunteers to act as a “voice in court” for children in foster care. These Court Appointed Special Advocate® (CASAs) provided him with the detailed information he needed to safeguard the children’s best interests and ensure that they were placed in safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible. The program was so successful that it was copied around the nation.
Golden Crescent CASA has continued to serve children in our community by providing trained volunteers for children who have been assigned to the program through the court.