OUR MISSION
Chelan Douglas CASA equips and empowers court-appointed volunteers to advocate for the best interests of children and youth who have endured abuse or neglect so that they will have safety, permanency, and wellbeing.
Chelan Douglas CASA envisions a world where every child thrives in a safe and loving home free from abuse and neglect.
OUR CORE VALUES
Integrity
We uphold our code of conduct and ethics.
Excellence
We are devoted to continuous quality improvement in our best interest’s advocacy.
Inclusion
We recruit volunteers from all walks of life.
Empowerment
We strengthen our community through a robust network of professionally trained and sustained volunteer advocates.
Community
We are an essential stakeholder in the child welfare system that prioritizes the wellbeing of children and youth and wherever possible preserves their connections to their families of origin.
Good Stewardship
We leverage resources responsibly and maintain best practice financial and internal controls.
Overview
We believe that every child who has experienced abuse or neglect deserves to have a dedicated advocate speaking up for their best interest in court, at school, and in our community. To accomplish this, Chelan Douglas CASA educates and empowers a group of dedicated community volunteers who ensure each child’s needs remain a priority in an over-burdened and complex child welfare system. When the state steps in to protect a child’s safety because the people responsible for protecting them have not, a judge appoints a trained and qualified CASA volunteer to make independent and informed recommendations that help the judge decide what’s best for the child.
For children who’ve been abused or neglected, CASA means having a home instead of feeling lost, and being a priority instead of feeling invisible.
Children with a CASA are less likely be bounced from one place to another or get stuck in long-term foster care.
