The mission of Pawnee/Osage CASA is to provide community volunteers to serve as Court Appointed Special Advocates and represent the best interests of abused and neglected children who are wards of the court as provided in Title 10 A, O.S, 2 ONC S 2 -121, Title VII Chapter 5, S513.
Every abused and neglected child has a CASA volunteer appointed to represent his/her best interests.
When abused or neglected children enter into the juvenile court and foster care system, they do it virtually alone. In 1977, a Judge in Seattle, Washington, noticed that when he looked out over all the people presenting information to him when he heard a case of an abused child, one critical voice was missing. There was no one there whose sole focus was the best interests of the child. In times of fiscal constraints and agency politics, who better to get that information from than a trained community volunteer? Hence the birth of the CASA movement.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) are community volunteers who represent the best interests of abused and neglected children who are wards of the juvenile court. After being screened and trained, a CASA is appointed to a child or sibling group. Through his or her court order, the CASA researches the case, talks to the child and involved parties and professionals, advocates for needed services and timely decisions, and submits written recommendations to the court.
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"I have multiple CASA volunteers who serve as constants in the lives of children who are experiencing substantial uncertainty. Volunteers often serve as a rock and person of peace for traumatized children.”
Oklahoma Judge, 2020 Survey
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We acknowledge that Pawnee/Osage CASA is part of a greater network and that success in meeting our mission comes from unity and working collaboratively with the board of directors, Advisory Board, Oklahoma CASA, National CASA, and external stakeholders.
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Pawnee/Osage CASA complies with applicable Federal Civil Rights Laws and does not discriminate based on race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, military service or lack of military service, religious affiliations or belief, or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.