Within Placer County, on an average year, about 200 kids are removed from their homes because of abuse and neglect.
Child Advocates of Placer County administers three programs: CASA, A2Y and Simple Heroes. All of our programs help us work towards our mission of empowing foster youth, at-risk youth and young adults to build resiliency, self-confidence and academic achievement, and help them avoid the juvenile justice system, teen pregnancy, and drug and/or alcohol use by connecting them with well-trained, caring and reliable adult mentors.
CASA of Placer County works to prevent abused, neglected, and abandoned children from becoming lost in the Juvenile Dependency system, finding them safe, permanent homes as soon as possible.
A2Y mentors help foster youth and young adults transition into life as successful and independent adults – a goal that often eludes these youth.
Our community has long recognized the need to support our foster youth in extracurricular activities. Simple Heroes connects foster youth’s unique and individual wishes with community members to make these simple dreams come true.
How Did the CASA Movement Begin?
In 1977, a Seattle juvenile court judge concerned about making drastic decisions with insufficient information conceived the idea of citizen volunteers speaking up for the best interests of abused and neglected children in the courtroom. From that first program has grown a network of more than 1,000 CASA and guardian ad litem program offices that are recruiting, training and supporting volunteers in 49 states.
