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"We have got to take America back to the point where it puts children first, in the family, in the workplace, in everything we do. CASA volunteers, of all people in America, are doing that! And we have to take this mighty network and carry it further into every community throughout America"
Janet Reno U.S. Attorney General
CASA in the 2nd Judicial District of Arkansas
(Court Appointed Special Advocates)
CASA: Helping Abused and Neglected Children
Every year in the United States, millions of children are abused, neglected or abandoned by their families. More than 500,000 are removed from their homes, placed in foster care or institutions and eventually brought to court where a judge may only have 15 minutes to decide their future.
Should they remain in foster care? Be reunited with parents and family members? Be placed for adoption?
Lost in an overburdened child welfare system that cannot pay close attention to the needs of each individual and a legal system that lacks the resources to investigate and focus adequately on each child's situation, these children often have no one to help, no one in the system to speak up for them.
That's where CASA- The Court Appointed Special Advocates program comes in.
STAFF
Linda West - Executive Director
Angelena VanDon - Case Coordinator for Greene, Poinsette and Clay County
Amy Harris - Case Coordinator for, Craighead and Mississippi Counties
Rohni Guthrie - Trainer/Recruiter & Fund Development Coordinator
Judges of 2nd Judicial District
The Honorable Ralph Wilson Jr.
The Honorable David Goodson
The Honorable Larry Boling
Last Updated 08/13/2006 webmaster: Joseph T. Calamita
Board of Directors:
Cyndi Forman, President
Kenny Pegg, Vice President
Melissa Russell, Treasurer
Mary Hosinski, Secretary
Cpt. Lynn Waterworth
Brad Hyde
Debra Taylor
Kim Lovelady
Judith Burgess
Stacey Worthington
Lynn Scurlock
Holly Buhrmester
Billy Skeggs
Barbara Bridges
Eric Watson
Robert Clay
R.D. Clemons
Annie Mae Jones
Allison Hinson
