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_Cheri Fitts, Executive Director                                         1-800-25ABUSE

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                                                                                 Williamson County Administrative Bldg
  Phone:  (618) 998-2291                                              407 N. Monroe St., 3rd Floor    
     Fax:   (618) 998-0006                                                            PO Box 972    
                                                                                                   Marion, IL  62959    
            
Email: casawmsn@yahoo.com 
          casawmsn22@yahoo.com            


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                        Service Stats

                                                               2007       2008       2009       2010       2011    
New Children Assigned to CASA          63            64            55           50           79      
Total Children Served by CASA           156          152          171        147         170       
New CASAs Sworn-in                             34             27           26           18           33


More children were taken into protective custody and assigned to CASA in 2011 than any prior year.  Meeting the needs of this wave of children in crisis required more CASA advocates to be trained.  Volunteers answered the call and CASA of Williamson County continues to assign all children entering the local courts due to abuse and/or neglect to a trained CASA advocate to be their voice in court.      
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You Can Make a Difference! 

As of 3-15-2012:

67 CASA Advocates are serving 114 local children


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New CASAs Complete Training Class in Spring 2012


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            Pictured are (L-R) front row:  Kristen N., Randi B., Brittany R.;

         
Second row:  Linda Z., Robilee S., Rayann S., Lisa S., Glenda N 
          Back row:  Roy S., Susan A., Buddy P., and Kendra V.






Twelve new CASA advocates were trained on Tuesday and Thursday nights in February and were sworn-in as officers of the court on Friday, March 9.  All are ready to take their first case in serving a locally abused or neglected child in need.  Throughout their training, they were educated on several important topics to become effective CASAs.  Topics included:  domestic violence, poverty, mental illness, substance abuse, the needs of children and families, report writing, juvenile law and more.  Two of the twelve new CASAs immediately received cases.  The others are waiting for children to enter our local court system.  "CASAs have many responsibilities, but the most important is to help ensure the child is in an appropriate and safe foster home from the beginning of the case," states CASA Director Cheri Fitts.  "We are very fortunate to have these CASAs ready to be assigned to do just that."  Individuals are currently being recruited for the Fall 2012 CASA advocate training.  Please call the CASA office at 618.998.2291 for more information. 


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