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Children who have experienced abuse or neglect face a frightening journey: courtrooms, foster care, new schools, and a revolving door of professionals all while carrying the trauma they have endured. Your donation ensures they never walk this path alone. At CASA of Jefferson & Gilpin Counties, we provide Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers - a consistent person a child can rely on.
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Your contribution is the fuel that powers this essential advocacy: It funds the highly trained CASA volunteer who gets to know each child and their specific needs. It ensures the child's voice is heard in an overwhelmed court system. It supports the work of keeping the child safe and ensuring the shortest possible path to a permanent, loving home.
Former District Court Judge Ann Gail Meinster states: "I had the privilege of working with many CASA volunteers. CASA Jeffco/Gilpin is an amazing organization that performs a critical community service for the most vulnerable children in the 1st Judicial District. CASA volunteers partner with other professionals working on cases. They provide a service that supplements the work of Guardians ad litem and caseworkers. They provide accurate, thoughtful and independent reporting to other parties to the case and the Court. CASA volunteers can sometimes be the one person who sees safety issues that are missed by others. I find the Program and its volunteers to be invaluable. My wish is to assign a CASA volunteer to every case of child abuse."
The mission at CASA Jeffco/Gilpin is to recruit, train and manage volunteers who serve as independent lay advocates for children who are victims of neglect and physical and/or sexual abuse. Our hope is that all children will have a CASA volunteer as someone to pay attention, someone to give the child a voice, someone to care.
The inspiration for CASA began with Seattle Juvenile Court Judge David Soukup in 1976. Faced with making a life-changing decision for a 3-year-old girl who had suffered abuse, he realized he lacked the information needed to determine what was truly best for her.
From that moment, the idea began to grow: children who experienced abuse or neglect needed trained volunteers advocating for them in the courtroom. The idea spread quickly. By 1982, National CASA had formed, and in 1990 the U.S. Congress authorized its expansion through the Victims of Child Abuse Act ensuring that a “court-appointed special advocate shall be made available to every victim of child abuse or neglect in the United States that needs such an advocate.”
When you become a CASA volunteer, you are joining over 95,000 other CASA volunteers all over the nation! CASA Jeffco/Gilpin is just ONE of 948 programs in 49 states and the District of Columbia. Since it’s inception, CASA volunteers have served over 1 MILLION children across the country.
CASA Jeffco/Gilpin was incorporated in July 2000 to improve representation of abused and neglected children in the 1st Judicial District of Colorado. Our first class of nine volunteers was sworn in February 2001, serving 51 children that year. Today, we have 180 active volunteers and have served more than 5,400 child abuse victims.
YOU can join them! YOU can change the story for a child.
Organization name
CASA of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties
other names
CASA Jeffco/Gilpin
2000
Tax id (EIN)
84-1530736
Category
Human Services, Youth Development
Organization Size
Large Organization
Colorado State Tax Credits
Colorado Child Care Credit
Address
100 Jefferson County Pkwy Suite 2505Jefferson County, CO, US
Gilpin County, CO, US