Nobody longs for a safe and loving family more than a child who has been removed from his home due to abuse or neglect and placed in foster care. As a Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer, you are empowered to help make this dream a reality. You will not only bring positive change to the lives of these vulnerable children, but also their children and generations to come. And in doing so, you will enrich your life as well.

Newport News CASA is a non-profit organization of volunteers who are voices for abused and neglected children. The courts appoint CASA volunteers to gather information and make recommendations to help judges decide what is best for each child.

Volunteers get to know the child by talking with everyone in that child’s life: parents and relatives, foster parents, teachers, medical professionals, attorneys, social workers and others. They use the information they gather to inform judges and others of what the child needs and what will be the best permanent home for them.

The CASA program is a proven, reliable and economic model of support that has meant the difference between success and failure in thousands of children.  Many more children would thrive if they had the intensive intervention of a CASA volunteer.

It’s also worth noting that approximately 50% of the children in need are boys, so we have a special need for more men to stand up and be counted as everyday heroes and role models in the lives of these future men.