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Friends of CASA Boston Marathon Challenge 2009
 Bill Rogers with Friends of CASA Inc., Runners Nicole and Marina
Congratulations to Marina and Nicole for finishing the Boston Marathon 2009! Great work ladies.
  
April 14, 2009 to April 17, 2009
Boston Common Tuesday April 14, 2009- Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
 (left to right) Susan Conrad, Rene Yourk, Gail Garinger- Child Advocate for Massachusetts, DA Dan Conley, Susan Ganz, Keshia Morall, Tim Lynch, Pat Walsh OCP
 Child Advocate, Keshia Morall
Thursday April 16, 2009
Red Sox Mascot, Wally
 The Forgotten Children event features life size cutouts of children that bear actual messages from foster children. This dramatic display of children in the Boston Common with the State House as the backdrop will highlight the need for public awareness and support for thousands of children currently in the foster care system placed outside their home due to abuse or neglect. Each cutout child represents 100 children. The event will continue throughout the week of April 14 to April 17, 2009 in an effort to raise public awareness.
In the words of one youth: “If you want the foster care system to get better, if you have compassion in your heart, don’t stop doing whatever you can to make it better—even if it’s just by providing an ear. Be someone we can talk to. You are the one that can create the change.” (From a recent national studycommissioned by the National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association.)
The Boston CASA Program, advocating for abused and neglected children since 1982.
ll children have a right to permanency and loving care. But each year, hundreds of thousands of children across the United States are abused, neglected, sexually abused or abandoned by their families. In Suffolk County alone there are an estimated 9,000 reports of abuse and neglect. Many of these children are removed from their homes and placed in foster care. There are over 500 children in foster care in the Boston area. These children eventually end up before the court where a judge must decide their future. Should they be reunited with their parents, remain in foster care, or be adopted? Enter the CASA... Court Appointed Special Advocate.
The Boston CASA Program recruits, trains and supervises volunteers from the community to advocate for the "Best Interest" of children who have been abused or neglected and are court involved. When a CASA /GAL is appointed to a child’s case, he/she is responsible for finding out as much as possible about that child by reviewing records, interviewing parents, speaking to service providers and most important, talking with the child. The CASA/GAL must also write reports at regular intervals for the court, and appear in court with recommendations as to what is best for the child’s future. The CASA/GAL works hard to ensure that child victims of abuse and neglect are not overlooked in an already overcrowded court system.
CASA Volunteers serve as Investigators, act as advocates, and are the eyes and ears of the court.
CASA Volunteers come from all walks of life. They have a variety of professional, educational and ethnic backgrounds. They are selected on the quality of their objectivity, competence and commitment.
CASA Volunteer Training
Presently accepting applications for the Fall 2009 CASA Training Program.
The training program is 6 weeks.
All sessions are held at the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse.
Please call 617-788-6390 for an application packet. If interested complete application and return it to the program. You will be contacted to schedule a screening interview.
I personally measure
success in terms of the
contributions an individual
makes to her or his fellow human beings.
Margaret Mead
American anthropologist
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