Court Appointed Special Advocates of Madison County, Kentucky

CASA: Court Appointed Special Advocates program of Madison County, Kentucky

In the United States, over one half million children are in foster care because they cannot safely live with their families. CASA volunteers are working within their communities to help ensure that these children do not suffer further abuse due to the overburdened court system or at home.
	Concerned over making decisions about abused and neglected children's lives without sufficient information, a Seattle judge conceived the idea of using trained community volunteers to speak for the best interests of these children in court. So successful was this Seattle program that soon judges across the country began utilizing citizen advocates.
		In 1990, the U.S. Congress encouraged the expansion of CASA with passage of the Victims of Child Abuse Act.Today more than 900 CASA programs are in operation, with 70,000 women and men serving as CASA volunteers. CASA is an acronym for Court Appointed Special Advocate.

If you'd like to learn more about the Court Appointed Special Advocates program in Madison County
or to volunteer, please contact:Cynthia Grimes at 859-625-1900 e-mail:info@madisoncasa.org

Watch the video "Everyday heroes" (16MB Quicktime movie)

To donate, please send your check or money order to:
CASA of Madison County, 1219-B Lexington Road, Richmond, Kentucky 40475

All donations are tax deductible. CASA of Madison County is a non-profit organization.
Donations to the program provide training for volunteers and operational expenses.
CASA of Madison County, Kentucky is an affiliate of the Kentucky CASA Association and National CASA Association

MADISON CASA EVENTS 2007:

Thanks to donors CASA Richmond Roadblock, Saturday, June 23, 2007 a big success!

A big thanks to all of the generous folks who took a moment to roll down their windows and contribute.to CASA. You are helping to make the difference for Madison County kids.

A special thanks to members of Eastern Kentucky University's Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and all the volunteers on the street collecting the donations. You folks are awesome. Also thanks to the Richmond Fire Department, Home Depot and the City of Richmond for helping to make the roadblock possible.