Agency Details:

CASA For Kids

The mission or the CASA for Kids program is to provide trained volunteers to help abused and neglected children who are under court jurisdiction move quickly through the court process and on to safe, permanent homes.

Description:
CASA for Kids will recruit, train and supervised community volunteers from the Coulee Region to advocate for abused and neglected children under a protective court order in La Crosse and Vernon Counties. Volunteers receive 30 hours of pre-service training and once sworn as an officer of the court, will commit to visiting their assigned child(ren) once a week, contact all of the service providers working with the child and the child's family and report these findings and observations to the court on a monthly basis. volunteers are asked to commit a minimum of one year to the children they are assigned to.

History:
The YWCA CASA for Kids program was started in La Crosse in 1999. CASA for Kids is under the umbrella of the YWCA of the Coulee Region. In 2005, CASA for Kids began serving Vernon County children along with children from La Crosse County. Currently, the CASA for Kids program has approximately 25 trained and active volunteers who can advocate for abused and neglected children who are under a court order for protection.

Contact people:

Ruthann Schultz, Program Director, (phone), (email) Tom Rhorer, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (608) 781-2906

Address:

3219 Commerce St. La Crosse, WI 54603 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.ywcalax.org

Last updated on January 20, 2009