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What is CASA?

Court Appointed Special Advocates® (CASAs) are community volunteers, just like you, who speak up for abused and/or neglected children.

Our CASA program belongs to a network of nearly 950 community-based programs that recruit, train and support citizen-volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused and/or neglected children in courtrooms and communities.

  • Children in care in Washoe County on an average day 2023
    Children in care in Washoe County on an average day 2023

    660

  • Children served by CASA volunteers in 2023
    Children served by CASA volunteers in 2023

    100

  • Estimated volunteer hours in 2023 (in-kind value over $50K)
    Estimated volunteer hours in 2023 (in-kind value over $50K)

    2040

  • You can be the ONE we need!
    You can be the ONE we need!

    1


News & Notes

Final Book in the National CASA/GAL Book Club Poverty Learning Series

Author Ruben Miller will join us for a virtual discussion of his book in June.

Sign up today to read the final book in the National CASA/GAL Book Club Poverty Learning Series, "Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration."

The schedule is as follows:

Independent reading: May 9-June 3, 2022 

Book Club discussion groups: Week of June 9th 

Author discussion: June 13, 2022 (time to be determined)

Author Ruben Miller will join us for a virtual discussion of his book in June. Meanwhile, listen to an interview hosted by Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research as Professor Miller discusses his book and the impact of incarceration on individuals, families and communities.  

BOOK CLUB REGISTRATION