CASA of River Valley

CASA of River Valley’s mission is to draw from community resources to provide and support advocates, whose goal is to reduce the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social impacts of abuse and neglect experienced by children involved in the Will and Grundy County Judicial Systems due to no fault of their own. We do this by recruiting and training volunteers to act as the voice of the child, provide needed information to the court, and work toward a more restorative juvenile court process.

We serve the children in the court system that have been affected by abuse or neglect in both Will and Grundy Counties.

More than 90 percent of the children we serve come from low income families. But whatever their background, every child entering the court system needs representation.

We devote countless hours to making a profound impact on these children, leading to many positive stories of reuniting with family members or finding their way out of abusive homes. In cooperation with our volunteers, partners and the community, CASA of River Valley also achieves the following results for our children:

• More than 300 children in Will and Grundy Counties receive representation from a CASA each year
• Children with CASAs spend an average of eight months fewer in foster care than those without representation
• The children we serve are also less likely to re-enter the foster care system