Evidence of Effectiveness
A child with a CASA volunteer is more likely to find a safe, permanent home:
Children with CASA volunteers get more help while in the system...
Children with CASA volunteers are more likely to have a consistent, responsible adult presence
Children with CASA volunteers spend less time in foster care and are less likely to be bounced from home to home. CASA volunteers...
Children with CASA volunteers do better in school...
A child with a CASA volunteer is more likely to find a safe, permanent home:
- More likely to be adopted
- Half as likely to re-enter foster care
- Substantially less likely to spend time in long-term foster care
- More likely to have a plan for permanency
Children with CASA volunteers get more help while in the system...
- More services ordered for the children
Children with CASA volunteers are more likely to have a consistent, responsible adult presence
- Volunteers spend significantly more time with the child than a paid guardian ad litem
Children with CASA volunteers spend less time in foster care and are less likely to be bounced from home to home. CASA volunteers...
- Improve representation of children
- Reduce the time needed by lawyers
- Are more likely than paid lawyers to file written reports
- Are highly effective in having their recommendations adopted by the court
Children with CASA volunteers do better in school...
- More likely to pass all courses
- More likely to receive quality educational services
- Less likely to have poor conduct in school
- Less likely to be expelled
- Neighborhood resources
- Interested adults
- Sense of acceptance
- Controls against deviate behavior
- Models conventional behavior
- Positive attitude towards the future
- Valuing achievement
- Ability to work with others
- Ability to work out conflicts
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CASA of Chautauqua County, Inc.
Executive Director: 716-753-4123 Fund Development: 716-753-4132 Fax: 716-753-4177 2 Academy Street, Suite 5 Mayville, NY 14757 |
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a United Way Community Partner
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