BE A VOICE FOR CHILDREN LIVING IN FOSTER CARE!

EVERY CHILD HAS A CHANCE - IT’S YOU!

VOLUNTEER APPLICATION

Here’s how you can help…

  • Advocate

    Coastal Plain CASA provides court-appointed special advocates who stand up for children in foster care who have been abused and neglected. Advocacy is our priority!

    ADVOCATE

  • Volunteer

    Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) are volunteers who look out for the best interest of children who have experienced abuse and neglect. CASA volunteers help ensure children are placed in safe, loving, and permanent homes

    VOLUNTEER

  • Make a Donation

    Research shows that having stable relationships with supportive adults improves the lives of children who’ve experienced trauma and hardships. With your help, we will be able to ensure that every child in DFCS custody in the Tift Judicial Circuit has a CASA Volunteer.

    DONATE

Summary of being a CASA Volunteer

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, Coastal Plain 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.

BECOME A VOLUNTEER

LET’S HEAR FORM OUR CASA VOLUNTEERS

  • What I love most about being a CASA is helping the children in foster care achieve the best outcomes for them. We have such an important role gathering information to share with DFCS and the judge. We can spend more time with our children and their families and foster parents working for what is best for the children. My experience has been so positive and I have made life long connections with my cases. It is sometimes hard to accept how things happen but without us children in foster care may not receive the help they need.

    CASA Corine- 5 years with CP CASA

  • "I love being able to support a child and be a voice for them along with building long lasting relationships with the children."

    CASA Nicolle- 6 years with CP CASA

  • What I love most about being a CASA volunteer is using my expertise and experience as a teacher for 44 years to help the children I work with in care. Children need so much love, encouragement, and security when they are in foster care. I can give that extra love and support they need and be a voice for them.  I postponed becoming a CASA volunteer for several years because I thought I didn’t have time or wasn’t sure I could be a good volunteer. I am so glad I decided to train last Spring. The staff at CASA, especially my supervisor, have been by my side every step of the process. There are so many children who need an advocate, anyone can do it if their heart is big enough. 

    CASA Lisa- 1 year with CP CASA

  • What I love most about CASA is the camaraderie, and how everyone helps everyone else from the Judge to the lawyers, and back to the CASA ..We truly make a difference. When becoming a CASA volunteer, you will be the difference! Step up, step out, and thrive with your CASA supervisor! You are needed and wanted! Come and join a life-changing organization not only to be a voice for a child in care, but for the betterment of yourself.

    CASA Brandy- 7 months with CP CASA

  • I love being part of making a better life for children that have faced tough situations. Helping to bring positive change in their lives is one of the most rewarding things I’ve been involved with. To a prospective volunteer I’d say…jump…go for it. You have nothing to lose & much to gain. It took me over 3 years of thinking about it & I have no regrets. It’s not always easy but worth every minute when you can help a child turn their life around.

    CASA Michele- 4 years with CP CASA

  • What I love most about CASA is building relationships of trust with the children I serve and EARNING that trust every day by fiercely advocating for what will best serve them now and in their future If you’re thinking of becoming a CASA volunteer I say, “Do it!”. The slogan for the Peace Corps was once “the toughest job you’ll ever love”, and that, to me, describes CASA. A lot of times, child advocacy is gut-wrenching, but YOU may well be the only consistent force for good in the lives of the children for whom you stand up.

    CASA Leigh Ann- 4 years with CP CASA

  • What I love most about being a CASA volunteer is at the end of the day, I can sleep knowing that I helped a child in need to have a better life and not be abused. The feeling of knowing as a CASA volunteer, it does not take much time to make that difference happen in many children’s lives. That feeling of gratitude when seeing a child begin to have a smile on their face and know I was part of the reason for that smile. A “constant” in many children’s lives makes all the difference in the world. When a child has a CASA volunteer, they know they have someone they can turn to when they have no one else. The positive impact in a child’s life is worth every second of time spent advocating for children. As a CASA volunteer, I would recommend to anyone who may think about becoming a CASA volunteer to take that small jump for a huge reward at the end of the case. Make a difference in our community. It does not take much time and effort, just a caring person who wants to make a difference. Children need love and to be cared about. Be that person who gives any child what they are not getting…love, support, and a voice!

    CASA Kimberly- 2.5 years with CP CASA