You can help abused and neglected children find safe, permanent homes where they can thrive and succeed in life. As a CASA volunteer, your efforts will show these children that you care. Become a powerful voice in a child's life by volunteering to speak up for them in court.

They are people just like you.
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) trains volunteers from all walks of life, ages and ethnic groups to act as a voice in court for abused and neglected children.

With the constant support, guidance, and supervision of the professional staff of the Coastal Bend CASA program, volunteers serve as the courts' eyes and ears. Volunteers help the judges decide whether a child should stay with the parents, be placed with relatives, or be free for permanent adoption.

CASA volunteers are there when a child needs someone the most. In a system over-burdened by increasing caseloads, they make perhaps the single greatest difference to the child affected by abuse or neglect.

Volunteer Requirements:
• Clear criminal record and CPS check
• Be at least 21 years of age
• One year commitment to the assigned case

• Interviewing the child, parents, family members, school officials, health providers and others who know the child's history.

• Reviewing all records assigned to the case, including school, medical and caseworker reports.

• Making reports to the court, giving testimony in hearings, and by working with attorneys and other professionals involved in the case.

If you wish to apply to become a Coastal Bend CASA Volunteer, please complete and print the following form and mail to:

Coastal Bend CASA
P.O. Box 4
Corpus Christi TX, 78403
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