About

For 35 years, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), a 501(c)(3) child advocacy nonprofit organization, has been training citizen volunteers to advocate on behalf of children and youth in New York City's foster care system, many who enter the system after suffering abuse and neglect.  CASA’s highly trained volunteer advocates work exclusively on behalf of these children, ensuring that they do not spend needless time in foster care, and that they are returned to rehabilitated and loving parents, freed for adoption or prepared to leave foster care and live successfully on their own.  Last year alone, CASA volunteers spent over 22,000 hours assisting over 1,200 children in New York City’s foster system.