DOUGHERTY COUNTY CASA INC

What they do

THE MISSION of DOUGHERTY COUNTY CASA, INC. is to RECRUIT, TRAIN, SUPERVISE, and RETAIN CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE VOLUNTEERS WHO ADVOCATE for THE BEST INTEREST of DEPENDENT CHILDREN IN DOUGHERTY COUNTY, ONE CHILD AT A TIME. THE CHILDREN SERVED ARE INVOLVED IN JUVENILE COURT PROCEEDINGS and DOUGHERTY COUNTY CASA, INC is THE VOICE for THE CHILDREN IN COURT, to PRESENT THE BEST INTEREST of THE CHILD BEFORE THE COURT, THE SOCIAL SERVICE SYSTEM and THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS, THUS ASSURING THE CHILDS RIGHT to APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT. VOLUNTEERS ARE DRAWN FROM INTERESTED CITIZENS IN DOUGHERTY COUNTY and THEN ARE TRAINED SO THAT THEY CAN STAND READY to SERVE ABUSED and NEGLECTED CHILDREN. CASA VOLUNTEERS WORK WITH JUVENILE COURT JUDGES, ADMINISTRATORS, ATTORNEYS and COUNSELORS AS WELL AS PARENTS, OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, THE DEPARTMENT of FAMILY and CHILDRENS SERVICES and ANY OTHER PERSON WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN THE CHILD.