A child with a CASA/GAL volunteer is more likely to find a safe, permanent home:
  • More likely to be adopted 
  • Half as likely to re-enter foster care 
  • Substantially less likely to spend time in long-term foster care 
  • More likely to have a plan for permanency 

Children with CASA volunteers get more help while in the system...
  • More services are ordered for the children 

... and are more likely to have a consistent, responsible adult presence. 
  • Volunteers spend significantly more time with the child than a paid guardian ad litem.

Children with CASA volunteers spend less time in foster care... 
  • “It is quite remarkable that children without CASA involvement are spending an average of
    over eight months longer in care, compared to children having CASA involvement.”

... and are less likely to be bounced home to home. 
  • CASA volunteers improve representation of children. 
  • Reduce the time needed by lawyers
  • More likely than paid lawyers to file written reports 
  • For each of 9 duties, judges rated CASA/GAL volunteers more highly than attorneys 
  • Highly effective in having their recommendations adopted by the court 

Children with CASA volunteers do better in school... 
  • More likely to pass all courses
  • Less likely to have poor conduct in school
  • Less likely to be expelled