Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)

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CASA OVERVIEW:
The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program was developed as a volunteer program by the Rhode Island Family Court in 1978 in answer to the need for advocacy for those children who had been abused and/or neglected, and who, through no fault of their own, found themselves involved with the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) and the Rhode Island Family Court.

Since its inception, CASA has grown from a solely volunteer-based program to a fully-staffed program that includes full-time staff attorney Guardians ad litem and social workers who work in conjunction with the volunteers to provide effective advocacy for the best interest of Rhode Island’s most vulnerable children. CASA tries to insure that these children do not “fall through the cracks” of the system that is put in place to help them.