Dear friend of CASA of Cook County,
CASA of Cook County is honored to assist in having a life-changing impact for more than 600 children in foster care. Mission partners and CASA volunteers like you are champions for children that make this impact possible!
Over the last year, the impact of a Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteer has made a remarkable difference in the lives of the children we serve, including:
An elementary school child who is now on track to meet reading benchmarks because of a CASA volunteer who recognized that proper reading assessments and support were missed because the child had four different housing placements over the past academic year.
A youth successfully enrolled and attending university because a CASA volunteer took the time to listen to that youth’s sense of hopelessness about the future and betrayal by the child welfare system and then empowered that youth to imagine a different future and access the tools to achieve those goals.
A family reunited because a CASA volunteer helped to clear the roadblocks in the child welfare system for Black and Brown families who have experienced generations of disinvestment and inequity, which keep families who have been deemed safe to be reunited stuck in a system while they wait for access to court ordered services and therapies.
These real-life examples are only possible because of the support of our mission partners and the advocacy of our amazing CASA volunteers.
As of today, there are more than 6,000 children in Cook County foster care who do not have the benefit of the life-changing impact of a CASA volunteer. Together, we can change that.
Sincerely,
