Donations allow for the recruitment, training and constant management of CASA volunteers who advocate for the most vulnerable children in our community. Our volunteers will be assigned to the most complicated cases of child abuse and neglect – serving a critical role in ensuring that no child slips through the cracks of an overburdened system. Our volunteers serve as the eyes and ears of the court, affording judges, who will ultimately decide the permanent placement for a child, the opportunity to make those decisions based on all of the information. Maybe, most importantly, our volunteers will be a constant caring adult in a child’s life until the child is returned home or adopted into a safe and permanent home with a loving family.

Each year, CASA of Linn County assists children that have entered foster care. Unfortunately, there is still a gap in the help CASA can provide. There is a waiting list due to shortfalls in funding and the need for more volunteers. Your gifts help us to reduce that gap and focus on the dream of closing in the gap and giving every child that finds themselves in this situation hope, support and guidance. Your assistance strengthens our local community by building a better home life and future for the next generation.