About Us

Our Mission

The Mission of Coweta CASA is to provide trained, qualified, court appointed volunteers to give children experiencing foster care a voice in court and advocate for their best interests in Coweta, Heard and Meriwether counties.

Our Vision
To provide a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for every child experiencing foster care in our service area.

Our Values

Child-Centered
We value children above all else. Every child in foster care deserves a voice speaking up for their best interests, to ensure their rights are respected and they have a safe, loving, permanent home.

 

Family-Focused
We seek quality services for the entire family. We believe in prioritizing strengthened, reunified families. We believe in the value of sibling bonds and that siblings should remain together. We believe in utilizing extended family involvement to meet the best interests of children in foster care.

 

Inclusive
We believe families have diverse cultural experiences which should be recognized and respected. We believe that every individual has worth. We commit to empower each other with dignity and to seek equity.

 

Collaborative
We value working with our stakeholders, other professionals, community supports, and families to pursue sustainable improvements and quality change for children and families.

 

We Are For the Child

Every day children are taken from their home because of the tragic loss of a parent due to illness, violence or incarceration.  We assume these children will have a safe place to live, to be treated with dignity and compassion, so they can recover from the traumatic loss of their home and family. But, our child welfare system is often overburdened with the growing numbers and needs of children who are in foster care through no fault of their own.  That’s where CASA can help.

What is CASA? 

CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate for Children. We are a national network of nearly 1,000 community based programs that recruit, train and support citizen-volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children in our courts and communities.  With a CASA volunteer, a child is half as likely to languish in foster care and the child welfare system, and he or she is that much more likely to find a safe, permanent home.

Who is a Coweta CASA?

We are committed men and women --from all walks of life – who believe that every child has the right to be treated with dignity, to be safe, and to thrive in the embrace of a loving family.  Coweta CASA volunteers are trained volunteers appointed by the Juvenile Court to advocate for children experiencing foster care.  Each CASA follows one court case – a child or group of siblings – providing caring attention and a voice in court.  We are for the child in a hectic, overworked system.

How can YOU lift up a child’s voice?

Find out how you can become a CASA.

Your donation will help train and enable more volunteers, so every child experiencing foster care in Coweta, Heard and Meriwether counties has their own CASA.