CASA of Grant County, Inc.

You may have seen the news that funding to National CASA/GAL has been terminated by the DOJ.

While this news is unfortunate, the status of National CASA/GAL will have little to no impact on the work of CASA of Grant County, Inc. or the Indiana network of GAL/CASA. Our Indiana network is not funded nationally, but at the state level, and has been actively preparing for the absence of National CASA/GAL for quite some time. We wish our colleagues at National CASA/GAL the best, meanwhile CASA of Grant County, Inc. will continue with our mission of serving the abused and neglected children of Grant County without interruption.

Thank you for your continued support of CASA of Grant County, Inc.

Our Mission

The mission of CASA of Grant County, Inc. is to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children involved in judicial proceedings through the use of specifically trained community volunteers.  Volunteers advocate for timely permanence planning for the child in a manner reflecting what is in the best interest of the child regarding safety, stability and permanency.

About us

CASA of Grant County is part of a national volunteer movement that began in 1977, when a Seattle judge conceived the idea of using trained community volunteers to speak for the best interests of abused and neglected children in court. These Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) provided him with the detailed information he needed to safeguard the children’s best interests and ensure that they were placed in safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible. The program was so successful that it was replicated around the nation. The National CASA Association was founded in 1982 and provides technical assistance and national leadership to local programs across the country. The CASA concept is endorsed by the U.S. Department ofJustice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the American Bar Association, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children and Families.

Today, in the state of Indiana, there are 87 programs in the 92 counties and more than 2900 volunteers serving abused and neglected children across the state. In 2024, the Grant County CASA program advocated for 280 children. Twenty-eight different volunteers and six staff members contributed over 7200 hours and made over 24,300 different contacts on behalf of those child victims.


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