2013 Texas CASA Annual Report

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T e x a s CASA ’ s L e a d e r s h i p Board of Directors Off i c e r s Billy Ward | President Community Volunteer, Former president of the Swalm Foundation Debbie Ferguson | Past President Rancher, CASA Volunteer Susie Moseley | President-Elect & Secretary Former Local CASA Executive Director Greg Herzog | First Vice President Capelo Law Firm, CASA Volunteer members Christopher Buck, J.D. Attorney – Mediator, Buck Law Firm P.L.L.C. Renee Day Healthcare Administration Professional, Baylor Healthcare System Vivian J. Dorsett, Ph.D. Adjunct Instructor, Prairie View A&M University E. Ben Franks, J.D. Cattle Rancher, Riata Cattle Jenny Haynes Communications Professional, CASA Volunteer Ivan Jaime Director Border Policy & Community Affairs, Union Pacific Railroad Melissa Jones Quality/Industrial Engineer, Retired

Danny McCoy, M.D. Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas Holly Munin CEO, Superior HealthPlan Gene Needham Retired, CASA Volunteer Jana Teis Banker, Wells Fargo Greg Wilhelm, J.D. Former Texas Trial Court Judge, Gregory E. Wilhelm, P.C. r e g i o n a l r e p r e s e n tat i v e s Alisa De Luna Executive Director, CASA of Williamson County Susan Etheridge Executive Director, CASA of Collin County Joni Garcia Executive Director, CASA of South Texas Jennie Hill Executive Director, CASA of the South Plains Ann McAlpin Executive Director, Child Advocates of Montgomery County Celeste Prather Executive Director, CASA for Hunt County

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Vicki Spriggs Texas CASA CEO 1501 West Anderson Lane Suite B2 Austin, Texas 78757 512.473.2627 www.TexasCASA.org www.BecomeACASA.org This annual report was underwritten in part by

Editor’s Note: The children shown in this report are models.

Real CASA Volunteers and stories are used but some details have been altered to protect the identities of the children.

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time flies unless you’re a child in the foster care system While a year flashes past very quickly for most adults, a year is a significant amount of time for a child of 6 or 7, especially if she has been abused and then taken away from her family and placed with strangers, enrolled in a new school and then forced to move again. And again.

Days, weeks, months and even years turn into a blur where children cannot remember all the people, all of the adults, who are in and out of their lives. All they know is that because something happened TO them, their lives seem out of control.

Thankfully, in Texas last year there were more than 7,600 trained CASA Volunteers, supported by CASA programs and staff, who were able to make minutes count in the lives of children, who through no fault of their own, end up in the foster care system.

Many CASA Volunteers work diligently to not only change individual lives, but also to improve the broken and overburdened child protection system.

By effecting systemic change, Volunteers help reduce the possibility of children being retraumatized while they are in the state’s care and custody. Our hope and prayer is that the cycle of abuse and neglect is broken as healing begins.

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Every day, every hour, and likely every minute, CASA Volunteers are on their unpaid jobs working to reduce the amount of time a child spends in the foster care system and trying to get them the help they need to heal and succeed.

CASA Volunteers are often the only consistent adults working with children in care, even as Child Protective Services caseworkers come 4

and go, as the children move from one foster home to another placement, and as they encounter new teachers, doctors and rules.

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Still, though, half the children in foster care last year had to take the scary, chaotic journey through foster care without a CASA. Time is of the essence; we know that. Every minute of each day a child is in limbo in the foster care system is a minute too long.

Texas CASA’s vision is a CASA Volunteer for every child who needs one. With the time, talent and resources of our supporters and the important members of the CASA network, we are making progress.”

Thank you for your support, your contributions of time, talent and energy to turn the ticking clock of time in foster care into a stopwatch, where the finish line is a safe, permanent home.

In the last session of the Texas Legislature, a true army of CASA Volunteers, board members and staff met with, wrote and called legislators to successfully and systematically bring about changes that will improve the lives of children. These Volunteers worked to improve care while children are in custody, to minimize disruption of children’s education and to provide Volunteer advocates with tools and resources – including additional funding for CASA and the Child Protection System – so they can provide the highest quality of advocacy for children in care.

Texas CASA’s vision is a CASA Volunteer for every child who needs one.

With the time, talent and resources of our supporters and the important work of the members of the CASA network, we are making progress. In FY 2013, which ended Aug. 31, 2013, 7,611 Volunteers served 23,621 children in 206 of the 254 Texas counties.

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Vicki Spriggs Texas CASA CEO

Billy Ward President, Board of Directors

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8:00am CASA Volunteer gets a call from the biological mother of the children for whom she is advocating.

The mother wants help with supervised visitation of her children.

CASA Volunteers work to move children out of foster care and into safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible. Those homes can mean reunification with the children’s parents if the adults can demonstrate to the court that they can appropriately care for the children. Or, children may be placed with family members or close family friends. Or, it may mean adoption by a nonrelative if that is what is best for the children.

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One year of CASA advocacy is less expensive than one month of foster care. Reducing the time children are in foster care is good for the children – and it saves taxpayers’ money.”

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Maria is appointed to two children, Neena, 4, and Gloria, 6, who were removed from their mother’s home because of neglect after she left them alone while she went to the grocery store. A neighbor reported that the children had been abandoned.

The young mother is concerned that she cannot get to the CPS office for the supervised visit because her car has broken down. She wants to do everything right so she can get her children back.

Maria talks to the CPS caseworker and they arrange for the children and their mother to meet at a fast food restaurant near the mother’s home.

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9:00am CASA volunteer contacts attorney ad litem representing the child to discuss placing the child with her father.

Karen is appointed to speak up for Chandra, 9 months, and Damien, 5, who entered care after paramedics were called to their mother’s home because Chandra was unresponsive.

Chandra was flown by helicopter to a children’s hospital in another county where doctors said she had suffered brain damage.

Karen drove to and from the hospital weekly, sitting with Chandra for three hours at a time, speaking to her, holding her tiny hand and reading to her. Chandra began to respond to Karen’s voice and touch and doctors credit Karen with Chandra’s progress.

Karen advocated for Damien to be placed with his biological father, who did not live in the home where Chandra was injured. Karen is working with CPS to see that the father gets the services he needs to take care of Chandra when she is released from the hospital.

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10:00am CASA Volunteer talks to biological grandfather in another state about a father’s desire to regain custody of his children.

Kathy and Tom are assigned to Michael, 14, and Michelle, 13, who were removed from their stepmother’s home after their father threatened to kill their stepmother and two half-sisters. While Michael and Michelle were in an emergency shelter, Michael tells a CPS caseworker that his father shoved his head through a wall after he and his sister argued.

The grandfather tells Kathy that the father has a history of domestic violence with other partners and he doesn’t believe his son can care for the children.

Because of financial problems, the grandparents are not sure they can raise Michael and Michelle.

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CASA Volunteer gets call from foster parents that the child broke his clavicle while horsing around at a friend’s house. The boy is upset he won’t be able to play football.

Randall is advocating for 15-year-old Leon, who entered care after his parents were arrested for dealing drugs from the motel they were living in.

Leon was placed in a foster home where the foster parents were unreasonable in their expectations. Almost weekly, they changed their minds about whether they wanted to try to adopt Leon or have him moved from their home.

Recently, Leon joined the high school football team and has dreams of playing for the University of Texas. Leon’s visit to the emergency room was the last straw for the foster parents. They’ve given 30-days notice to have him removed from their home.

Randall and the CPS worker agreed that Leon’s grandmother’s home is the best place for him if she will ensure her son and daughter-in-law have only supervised visits with Leon. But that means Leon has to change schools again.

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CASA Volunteers are often the one consistent adult in the lives of children, who through no fault of their own, are removed from their homes and placed in the foster care system. CASA Volunteers work with CPS to identify appropriate, safe placements for children to reduce the number of times children are moved throughout the system.

CASA Volunteers work to find loving, safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible.

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CASA volunteer arranges to meet CPS caseworker at his boys’ home to help them move.

CASA volunteer visits his child in a residential treatment center.

Mick has been advocating for Adrian, 7, and Andrew, 5, since they were placed in a foster-to-adopt home. Mick has learned that the boys are going to be removed from the home because of an investigation into allegations by another child against one of the foster parents.

Mick knows it will be traumatic for the boys as they had become very close to their prospective adoptive parents. He plans to join the Child Protective Services caseworker at the home where he will help the boys pack their belongings. He will comfort them as they cry over their loss.

He will to be at their soccer and basketball games, as he has in the past.

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James has been advocating for Paul, 16, for nearly two years and through six moves to residential treatment centers, psychiatric hospitals and group homes.

In today’s visit at a residential treatment center three hours from his home, he saw Paul and another child at the center be verbally abused by staff members. He also heard staff refer to the youth as “little turds who need their butts kicked.”

James called his CASA supervisor on his way home, who advised him to write up his notes so the CASA program can report the incident to Child Protective Services. He also will talk to Paul’s CPS caseworker tomorrow and recommend that Paul be removed from the RTC.

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2:00pm CASA Volunteer gets a call from a foster child who ran away three days earlier.

She says she’s safe, but doesn’t want to return to the foster home.

Juliet is advocating for 17-year-old Tiffany, who entered foster care after her mother kicked her out of the house two years ago. Tiffany has been in three placements, including one where the foster parents moved 120 miles away a month after Tiffany was placed in the home. Tiffany has also spent time in juvenile detention because she was caught shoplifting while on the run.

Tiffany thinks she’s old enough to be on her own. She has managed to get into a shelter for homeless youth and said she’d rather stay there and go to the alternative school.

Juliet talks to the CPS caseworker, the sixth since Tiffany entered care. They discuss options including allowing Tiffany to age out of care if she stays at the shelter and finishes her GED.

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3:00pm CASA Volunteer prays for the children in her case and family members. She prays for discernment to do what is best for the children.

Cheryl is advocating for a sibling group of four children, ages 2 to 9. The children were taken into custody after their mother left them unattended at a homeless shelter.

The children were placed with their great grandmother, 57, while their mother takes court-ordered services to regain custody of the children. The plan that CPS has proposed to the court is to return the children to their mother and to monitor them.

However, Cheryl and the great grandmother are afraid that the children will end up on the streets again. Earlier in the day, Cheryl was called by the great grandmother who said that she has been diagnosed with Stage IV cervical cancer. The treatments and the side effects are going to make it impossible for her to continue to care for the children.

Cheryl has a conference call scheduled for the morning to discuss options with her CASA supervisor and the CPS caseworker. www . T e x a s C ASA . o r g

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4:00pm CASA volunteer contacts attorney ad litem to discuss her concerns about the father’s treatment of the youngest child for whom she is advocating.

CASA Volunteers usually focus on only one child or sibling group at a time, unlike overburdened Child Protective Services caseworkers and attorneys who handle multiple cases. CASA Volunteers can devote their time to meeting with everyone involved in the children’s lives – parents, family members, foster parents, teachers, therapists, doctors – and get a well-rounded understanding of what is happening in the children’s lives so they can make informed recommendations to the courts.

Judges overwhelmingly say having CASA on the case provides a better opportunity for a positive outcome for children in the foster care system.”

Linda is assigned to three children who were removed from their home because of parental drug abuse. CPS wants to place all the children with the father, including the youngest, who is not related to the father.

Linda is concerned because the father had mistreated the youngest child in the past. She is asking the attorney ad litem appointed to the children to visit the home with her and talk to the children.

Sources: Organizational Research Services, Evaluation of Court Appointed Special Advocates/Guardians Ad Litem Volunteer Impact Judicial Survey University of Texas Office of Survey Research Texas CASA Judicial Survey 16

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5:00pm CASA Volunteer meets with CPS worker after court hearing to discuss how her child is doing.

Jane is advocating for Angela, 4, who was discovered living in squalor when officers entered her home during a drug raid. Although the parents have been going to required parenting classes, Jane isn’t convinced they will care for Angela appropriately. She knows the family has a CPS history in another county, but the case file is incomplete.

She discovers the parents had eight other children they prostituted for drugs. The couple’s parental rights were terminated for those children. She contacts the CASA Volunteer in the earlier case, who agrees to come to court on Angela’s case. The mother fails to show up for court and the father relinquishes his parental rights. Angela is living with foster parents who adore her and hope to adopt her.

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6:00pm CASA Volunteer waits in court for her CASA child’s case to be called. She checks in with the CPS attorney, CPS caseworkers and attorney ad litem.

Cristina is appointed to a case of three siblings who were removed from their home because of the medical neglect of one child, Stephanie, who has cerebral palsy. Although the children were placed in three different homes, Cristina visits them regularly to make sure they are safe.

Stephanie, who has been placed in a medical foster home in another county, has not been seen in person by her Child Protective Services worker.

Cristina is advocating against returning Stephanie to her mother because she has failed to complete court-ordered classes.

Cristina is especially concerned because during the mother’s visits with Stephanie, the mother was rough with the little girl.

Cristina’s court report included documentation from doctors and teachers about Stephanie’s long-term needs.

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7:00pm CASA Volunteer emails the therapist for one of his children to relay what he has observed in interactions between the children.

CASA Volunteers talk to doctors and therapists to ensure that the children are getting the services they need to heal physically and emotionally.

David is advocating for six children in four different placements. Three of the children are in placements more than an hour away from David’s home. Randall, 14, does not want to have contact with his father. Some of Randall’s siblings blame him for splitting up the family, which has caused Randall to sink into a depression.

David and Randall’s therapist have been working with Randall to help him understand that telling his teacher about the abuse was the right thing to do.

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CASA Volunteer writes up her notes from her phone call with her child’s psychiatrist to discuss the medications that have been prescribed to the boy.

Quincy is appointed to three children who have been placed with their grandmother.

Although the grandmother loves the children, Quincy recognized that the grandmother was unable to ensure they are safe. She made the difficult recommendation to remove the children.

The foster parents and school officials tell Quincy that Jason, 14, is out of control. He has difficulty sitting still and argues with everyone constantly. If something doesn’t change, the foster parents are going to ask Jason to be removed from their home.

Quincy has researched the side effects of the medications Jason is taking and is concerned by what she has found. As a result of the conversation, the psychiatrist decided to change the prescriptions for Jason.

CASA Volunteers meet with teachers and school counselors to identify children’s needs and to help them get the services they need to succeed academically.

Every time a child moves in foster care, he or she is likely to lose six months of academic progress. Studies by National CASA show that children who have CASA Volunteers are more likely to pass all of their classes and stay in school.”

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9:00pm CASA Volunteer types up her notes from a productive visit to her child’s school to meet with teachers and counselors.

Lisa is advocating for J’toya, 16, who is deaf. She has been advocating for additional disability services so J’toya can succeed in school. As J’toya has been moved from one foster home to another, Lisa has repeatedly shared J’toya’s story about being in foster care.

J’toya is now in a foster-to-adopt home where the mother is an American Sign Language interpreter. J’toya is looking forward to going to prom this spring.

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10:00pm CASA Volunteer gets a text from a former foster youth who is in his freshman year at college.

Logan was 15 when Gene was appointed as his CASA Volunteer. Logan had a tough time as he was moved repeatedly in his placements and suspended from school. With Gene’s assistance, he was finally placed with foster parents who didn’t have a houseful of other children. Gene helped Logan find tutors so he could catch up academically and graduate with his class from high school. Although Logan aged out of the foster care system, his foster parents promised that their home will always be his home. Gene worked with Logan on his college applications and made sure he got tuition waivers available to former foster youth who go to school at a public college.

When Logan first went to college, he called and texted Gene daily. Gene continued to encourage and support Logan, reinforcing that Logan could succeed at college if he set his mind to it. Tonight’s text is a report that Logan connected with a foster youth alumni group on campus and he’s making new friends.

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*The 71st CASA program, Big Country CASA in Abilene, became a member of Texas CASA after the close of FY 2013.

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Children Served

Counties not served by CASA Programs Big Country CASA in Abilene became the 71st CASA program in FY 2014

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Children in Care

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2010

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casa volunteers statewide

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Counties served by CASA Programs

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Numbers In Thousands

More than 7,600 well-trained Volunteers served more than 23,600 children in 206 of the 254 Texas counties in Fiscal Year 2013, which ended on Aug. 31, 2013. CASA Volunteers are regular people who have chosen to speak up for abused and neglected children in their communities.

CASA Volunteers are screened and trained, then appointed by the court to advocate for the best interests of children in the foster care system.

Often the CASA Volunteer is the one constant adult in a child’s life while he or she goes through the over-burdened foster care system. CASA Volunteers work to move the children through foster care and into safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible. Nearly half the children in foster care do not have CASA Volunteers. For more information about volunteering or how to help serve more children in foster care, please visit www.TexasCASA.org.

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2012

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Texas CASA is the statewide association of 71* local CASA programs. Texas CASA provides funding, training and technical assistance to the staffs, boards and Volunteers of the member programs. More than 86 percent of the funding that Texas CASA receives is awarded to local CASA programs for recruitment, training and support of Volunteers. The balance is used to provide direct and indirect services to member programs.

children served by casa vs. children in care

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Numbers In Thousands

In Fiscal Year 2013, the CASA community was comprised of 70 CASA programs that with 7,611 Volunteers served 23,621 children in 206 of the 254 Texas counties. That is an increase of 651 children served from the previous year.

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Texas Department of Family Protective Services. 2013, 2014, and 2015 are estimates, as of March, 2013.

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F o r F i s c a l Y e a r 2 0 1 3 , w h i c h e n d e d Aug . 3 1 , 2 0 1 3

revenue state f un din g

$9,062,941

fe d eral f un din g

$5,068,501

Nearly 87% of government funding Texas CASA receives is awarded to local CASA programs for recruitment, training and support of Volunteers.

private f un din g $1,344,234

Expenses

$12, 267, 385

T raining & tec hnical assistance for local programs

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V ol u nteer recr uitment an d awareness

$570, 578

A d ministration

$598, 529

Pu blic P olicy a dvocacy

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CASA ADVOCACY

1 MONTH FOSTER CARE

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Grants M ana gement & Development

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Local CAS A pro gram f un din g

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CHILDREN WITH A CASA VOLUNTEER ARE: Y A RY A RY A R JANU JANU JANU

More likely to spend less time in foster care

Less likely to re-enter care once they find a permanent home

More likely to pass all classes in school

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l e g i s l at i o n & p u b l i c p o l i c y

As the state association of 71* CASA programs, Texas CASA provides training, technical assistance and funding to the CASA community to help local programs serve more children with high quality advocacy and implement best practices for program administration and nonprofit governance. Investments in Texas CASA are investments in Texas’ future – our children!

Training

7,611

$12.2

in Texas

$4

19 798 Training Events

Additional funds secured for the CASA community million in FY14-15 from the Texas Legislature.

Funding

Staff & Board Members

Passed through in private, state and federal funds directly to local Texas CASA programs.

million

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Annual Conference

312 305 Volunteers & Board Members

Staff Members

12 590 245 Webinars

Volunteers

Staff Members

*Big Country CASA, based in Abilene, became the 71st CASA program after the close of FY 13, which ended Aug. 31, 2013.

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1,900 Requests processed for reimbursement.

T e c h n i c a l A s s i s t a n c e & Su p p o r t

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Amount invested throughout the state in thousand advertising and generating earned media to raise awareness about CASA, the epidemic of child abuse and to recruit additional Volunteers to advocate for children in foster care.

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Programs received Quality Assurance reviews.

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in the foster care SYSTEM** **Sources: Texas CASA and Independent Sector

working for systemic change: • Collaborating with various stakeholders to effect positive change in the child welfare system. Texas CASA is working with National Court Appointed Special Advocates Association, several work groups within the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and the Texas Supreme Court’s Permanent Commission on Children and Families; Victim Services Coalition, Crime Victims’ Rights Week Coalition, the Governor’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Board, Mental Health America, Foster Care Alumni Association and the Public Private Partnership for Foster Care Redesign.

• Leading a Mental Health Taskforce comprised of stakeholders working to identify mental health issues impacting the well-being of children in foster care and to offer actionable solutions for improvement in the system.

• Working with the help of 16 Legislative Advocacy Teams and nearly 300 CASA Volunteers, board members and staff who attended CASA Day at the Capitol and met with legislators throughout the 83rd Legislative Session, CASA successfully advocated for improvements to the child protection system. www . T e x a s C ASA . o r g

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L e g i s l at i v e p r i o r i t i e s a c h i e v e d i n c l u d e :

• Strengthening oversight of psychotropic medications given to children in the foster care system.

• Ensuring placement decisions are more deliberate and in children’s best interests.

• Advocating for additional funding for the child welfare system to reduce caseloads and staff turnover and increase the rates paid for foster care.

• Securing additional funding to recruit more CASA volunteers to serve more children in foster care in more counties and to give CASA access to CPS records.

• Strengthening CASA’s effectiveness through the appropriation of additional funding to promote growth in the CASA community and access to CPS records.

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texas casa member programs

serving 207 Counties

serving 207 Counties

G AL V ES T ON

H U N T S V ILLE

LUBBOCK

Nacogdoches

ROSEN B ER G

T Y LER

G EOR G E T O W N

KERR V ILLE

L U F KIN

CASA of the Pines (936) 634-6725 www.casapines.org

NE W B RA U N F ELS

SAN AN G ELO

U V ALDE

CASA of the Rolling Plains (940) 937-3180 www.childresscasa.com

CASA of Wise & Jack Counties (940) 627-7535 www.casawise.org

C LE B U RNE

DEN T ON

G RAHAM

ODESSA

SAN AN T ONIO

V I C T ORIA

C ONROE

EDIN B U R G

ORAN G E

SHERMAN

WACO

PAMPA

S T EPHEN V ILLE

Ab i l e n e

B AY C I T Y

B R Y AN

ALPINE

B EA U MON T

Childress

AMARILLO

B EL T ON

Big Country CASA (325) 677-7895 www.regionalcrime.org /bigcountrycasa Frontier CASA (432) 837-7448 www.frontiercasa.org Amarillo Area CASA (806) 373-2272 www.amarillocasa.org

AN G LE T ON

CASA of Brazoria County (979) 864-1658 www.yfcs.org

A T HENS

CASA of Trinity Valley (903) 675-7070 www.casaoftv.org

A U S T IN

CASA of Travis County (512) 459-2272 www.casatravis.org

B AS T ROP

CASA of Bastrop County (512) 303-2272 www.casaofbastrop.com

CASA of Matagorda & Wharton Counties (979) 245-4958 www.casa-mw.org

Voices for Children/CASA of Brazos Valley (979) 822-9700 www.voicesforchildreninc.org

CASA of Southeast Texas (409) 832-2272 www.casasetx.org CASA of Bell & Coryell Counties (254) 939-2946 www.cact.com

CASA of Johnson County (817) 558-6995 www.casajohnsoncounty.org

B ONHAM

Fannin County Children’s Center (903) 583-4339 www.fanninccc.org

B RENHAM

CASA for Kids of South Central Texas (979) 277-0088 www.wespeak4kids.org

B RO W NS V ILLE

CASA of Cameron & Willacy Counties (956) 546-6545 www.casaforcameronwillacy.org

B RO W N W OOD

CASA in the Heart of Texas (325) 643-2557 www.casabrownwood.org 32

CASA Child Advocates of Montgomery County (936) 441-5437 www.casaspeaks4kids.com

C ORP U S C HRIS T I CASA of the Coastal Bend (361) 884-2272 www.coastalbendcasa.org

C ORSI C ANA

CASA of Navarro County (903) 872-3772 www.kidadvocates.org

DALHAR T

CASA 69, Inc. (806) 244-2684 www.casa69.org

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Dallas CASA (214) 827-8961 www.dallascasa.org

DE C A T U R

CASA of Denton County (940) 243-2272 www.casadenton.org CASA of Hidalgo County (956) 381-0346 www.casaofhidalgo.com

EL PASO

CASA of El Paso (915) 546-8146 www.casaofelpaso.com

F OR T W OR T H

CASA of Tarrant County (817) 877-5891 www.speakupforachild.org

G AINES V ILLE CASA of North Texas (940) 665-2244 www.casant.org

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Voices for Children CASA of Galveston County (409) 762-0267 www.rccgc.org CASA of Williamson County (512) 868-2822 www.casawctx.com

CASA of Walker, San Jacinto & Trinity Counties (936) 291-6363 www.casaofwalkercounty.org Hill Country CASA (830) 896-2272

KIN G SLAND

CASA of the South Plains (806) 763-2272 www.lubbockcasa.org

MARSHALL

North Star CASA (940) 549-9829 www.virginiashousetx.org

CASA for the Highland Lakes Area (325) 388-3440 www.highlandlakescasa.com

CASA of Harrison County (903) 923-9224 www.casaofharrisoncounty.org

G RAN B U R Y

KIN G S V ILLE

Bluebonnet CASA (325) 347-6474 www.bluebonnetcasa.org

CASA of Hood & Somervell Counties (817) 579-6866 www.missiongranbury.org

G REEN V ILLE

CASA for Hunt County (903) 450-4410 www.casaforhuntcounty.org

HERE F ORD

Brush Country CASA (361) 595-7233 www.brushcountrycasa.org

LAREDO

Voz de Niños (956) 727-8691 www.vozdeninos.org

LI B ER T Y

Great Plains CASA for Kids (806) 363-1211 www.gpcasa.org

CASA of Liberty/Chambers Counties (936) 334-9000 www.casalctx.org

HO U S T ON

LON G V IE W

Child Advocates, Inc. (713) 529-1396 www.childadvocates.org

East Texas CASA (903) 753-8093 www.easttexascasa.org

MASON

M c KINNE Y

CASA of Deep East Texas (936) 560-4711 www.casaofdet.com

CASA of Central Texas (512) 392-3578 www.casacentex.org

CASA of the Permian Basin Area (432) 498-4174 www.casapba.org Advocates for Children (409) 886-2272 www.advocates-4-children-inc.org

CASA of Collin County (972) 529-2272 www.casaofcollincounty.org

CASA of the High Plains (806) 669-7638 www.casahp.org

MIDLAND

PARIS

CASA of West Texas (432) 683-1114 www.casawtx.org

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CASA of Titus, Camp & Morris Counties (903) 717-8940 www.casatcm.org

CASA for KIDS (903) 737-4346 www.pariscasaforkids.com

Pleasanton CASA of South Texas (830) 569-4696 www.casasouthtx.org

RO C K W ALL

Child Advocates of Fort Bend (281) 341-9955 www.cafb.org CASA of Tom Green County (325) 653-4673 www.cactomgreen.org Child Advocates San Antonio (210) 225-7070 www.casa-satx.org CASA of Grayson County (903) 813-5400 www.casagrayson.org CASA for the Cross Timbers Area (254) 965-6610 www.casacta.org

S U LPH U R SPRIN G S Lake Country CASA (903) 885-1173 www.lakecountrycasa.org

T EXARKANA

CASA of Northeast Texas (870) 775-1252 www.casatexarkana.org

Lone Star CASA (972) 772-5858 www.lonestarcasa.org

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CASA for Kids of East Texas (903) 597-7725 www.casaforkidsofet.org Tri-County CASA (830) 278-7733 www.bluebonnetcac.net Golden Crescent CASA, Inc. (361) 573-3734 www.goldencrescentcasa.org CASA of McLennan & Hill Counties (254) 304-7982 www.casaforeverychild.org

W AXAHA C HIE

CASA of Ellis County (972) 937-1455 www.casaofelliscounty.org

W e at h e r f o r d

CASA of Palo Pinto & Parker Counties (817) 599-6224 www.casaofparkercounty.com

W I C HI T A F ALLS

Child Advocates/CASA of Red River (940) 766-0552 www.casawf.org

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special thanks to our donors Texas Champions

Texas Archangels

Texas Angels H-E-B Tournament of Champions Charitable Trust

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Texas Benefactors Cenpatico Chevron Edwin Jennings III Elkay ExxonMobil Corporation Greenberg Traurig, LLP Greg & Amy Herzog Jane and Jim Piper Jay D. Ellwanger & Christina Westfall The Dorset Foundation, Inc. Thompson & Knight Foundation Tom Goff Union Pacific Railroad Wells Fargo Capital Finance Texas Advocates Alpha Capital Management Amerigroup Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc. Children’s Charitable Alliance Debbie Ferguson Jennifer Deegan & Zach Richards Johnson & Johnson Local Independent Charities of Texas Lynn & Mary Moak Merck Partnership for Giving Michael Sconzo Michael & Holly Turner Nibco T e x a s C ASA

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