ABOUT CASA
CASA DeKalb County
CASA DeKalb County is a nonprofit organization that provides an advocate to 100% of juvenile cases of abuse or neglect in DeKalb County.
CASA’S MISSION
To Advocate for and serve as the voice for children who have experienced abuse or neglect in DeKalb County.
CASA’S VISION
Our vision is a community where every child is given the opportunity to thrive in a safe and loving home
Our Impact
A child with a CASA/GAL volunteer has significantly fewer placements than a child without a CASA/GAL volunteer.
Less likely to reenter the child welfare system. The proportion of reentries is consistently reduced by half.
A child with a CASA/GAL volunteer is more likely to have better outcomes: children tended to perform better academically and behaviorally in school as measured by whether or not they passed all of their courses, whether or not they were expelled, and their conduct performance.
OUR VOLUNTEERS
CASA trains community members as volunteer advocates for children in DeKalb County who have experienced abuse or neglect. A CASA volunteer stays with each child until the court case is completed by having the child placed into a safe, permanent and nurturing home.
It is the policy of CASA DeKalb County, Inc. to not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, recipient of an order of protection, marital status, physical or mental disability/handicap or military status in any of its activities or operations. For more information, contact CASA at [email protected].
For information about victim’s rights and crime victims compensation, please visit the Illinois Attorney General’s website at https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/victims/ or the DeKalb County, IL Victim Witness Program website at https://dekalbcounty.org/departments/states-attorneys-office/states-attorney-victim-witness-program/.
