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Indian Valley Record Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011 3A
New (:ASA volunteers sworn in
Judy Heuvelhorst (left), of Lake Almanor, Jeff LaMattina and Vicky Schillinger, of Greenville, are
• all smiles after being sworn in by Judge Ira Kaufman as new Court Appointed Special Advocate
volunteers. Working with Plumas CASA, they will provide support and advocacy for local children
in the foster care and child welfare system. Photo courtesy Plumas CASA
On Aug. 29, Judge Ira Kauf-
man swore in three new Court
Appointed Special Advocate
(CASk) volunteers: Judy
Heuvelhorst, Jeff LaMattina
and Vicky Schillinger. CASk
volunteers must complete 30
hours of training as well as a
juvenile court observation be-
fore being sworn in or as:
signed to a child.
In our society the basic
needs and rights of children
are entrusted to their fami-
lies, but when the family --
for whatever reason -- is un-
able to meet those obligations,
vulnerable children are
placed in the foster care and
child welfare system.
That system is full of com-
passionate social workers, fos-
ter families, judges and
lawyers, but according to re-
cent statistics each year more
than .748,000 children are
placed in foster care national:
ly -- about 75 children in
Plumas County are in foster
care at any given time. This
intense need can strain the
system to the point where peo-
ple are simply unable to pro-
tect the rights of each child.
So the little girl who has al-
ready suffered in an abusive
home.enters the foster care
system, which places her in
three or four different homes
in just a few months. Or the
two siblings who lost their
mother to incarceration are
split up and are living on dif-
ferent sides of the county.
This isn't just a problem;
Plumas CASk considers it
nothing short of a violation of
basic human rights, in a coun-
try where we aren't supposed
to have to fear such things.
In 1977 a family court judge
created an innovative new pro-
gram called Court Appointed
Special Advocates (CASA) for
children. CASA is a national
nonprofit organization which
trains and supports volunteers
to speak out and act as advo-
cates for the best interests of
abused and neglected children.
They are trained to work with-
in the child welfare system
and are appointed by judges to
individual cases. WRh the help
of a ¢ASA volunteer, a child is
half as likely to languish in the
foster care system, and that
much more likely to find a safe
and permanent home.
In fact, the CASA program
has been so effective that it
now has more than 70200 vol-
unteers serving almost 1,000
programs in almost every
court system in the United
States. It is an outstanding i'e-
flection of the kind of change
that's possible when the pub-
lic, private and nonprofit sec-
tors join forces.
Barn quil:s stitch towns together.
Jeff Titcomb and Josh
Huddleston prepare to hang
one of several barn quilts in
downtown Greenville. This
one will go on the side of
Village Drug Company facing
Highway 89. Read more
about upcoming art events
on page lB.
Photo
by
Alicia Knadler
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CASA can only reach 35
percent of the children in
need each year. That means
almost 500,000 (71 in our own
region) have no one advocat-
ing for their rights. The
CASA 9rogram is committed
to making sure that every
child in need has access to a
CASA volunteer.
Beginning in October,
Plumas CASA will hold
monthly informational ses-
sions at coffee houses
throughout the county on
Tuesdays between 9 and 10 i
a.m. to provide community ::
members with an opportunity :
to .talk to staff and volunteers
in order to Offer everyone an
opportunity to learn how they
can help protect the rights and
meet the needs of children.
Dates and locations will be list-
ed in the Community Comer.
Contact Plumas CASA at
283-2227 or visit National
CASk's website at CASAfor
Children.org for more infor-
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