FEATURED GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM WASHTENAW COUNTY
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 1, 2009
Republished from the Kids at Risk Action archive as written. No images from the original corpus appear in any form.
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WASHTENAW COUNTY
426 children confirmed victims of abuse or neglect.
252 children in out-of-home care due to abuse or neglect.
As of October, 2008, 37 CASA volunteers are serving 78 children in Washtenaw County.
(October, 2007: 30 CASA volunteers serving 54 children in Washtenaw County.)
http://www.casawashtenaw.org/
CASA guardian ad-Litem programs provide volunteers that learn the family circumstances in child abuse cases and make impartial recommendations to the court. Judges find the impartial insights of trained volunteers helpful in discerning the true state of the family and the risk of future abuse and neglect to the child.
Take a moment and read the Washtenaw County Blog to get a feel for how this program works.
http://www.casawashtenaw.blogspot.com/
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