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Effectiveness
Our Effectiveness
Juvenile Court Judges have used information gathered and presented by CASA volunteers to
- respect the child’s sense of time,
- avoid unnecessary continuances, and
- make informed, timely decisions regarding the best interest of the child
Of cases closed in 2008, 80% of recommendations made in Memphis CASA reports became all or part of the court’s final order.
In 97% of cases closed in 2008, children did not experience re-abuse at least six months after CASA’s involvement.
Our Scale and Impact
Since 1986, Memphis CASA has served more than 15,000 children in Shelby County. During FY09, 181 volunteers served 573 children.
CASA volunteers are unique to other officials in the social service system, in that they take only one or two cases at a time. Therefore, the impact CASA volunteers have on their children’s lives is profound. Abused and neglected children and those placed in foster care are shown to be at greater risk for homelessness, unemployment, incarceration, and drug and alcohol abuse as adults. National CASA statistics show that over 20% of children who “age out” of foster care are in jail or prison within 12 months of their 18th birthday.
Not only does a CASA volunteer give a child a new chance to succeed in life by assuring a safe, stable home, but even increases those chances with dedicated one-on-one, long-term attention. When a child does not have a CASA, that child is twice as likely to “age out” of the foster care system.
Contact our office at 522-0200 or beavoice@memphiscasa.org for more facts about child abuse and neglect in our community.
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