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Court Appointed Special Advocates® (CASA) are community volunteers, just like you, who stand up and speak out to help children who have been abused and neglected.

Our CASA program belongs to a network of 951 community-based programs that recruit, train and support citizen-volunteers to advocate in juvenile court for the best interests of children who have been abused and neglected

  • Children Served
    Children Served

    4,734

  • Volunteers
    Volunteers

    1,439

  • Volunteer Hours
    Volunteer Hours

    153,386

  • Counties Served
    Counties Served

    60

News Articles

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of the Tennessee Heartland held a special reception last Friday to honor two outstanding volunteers, Anne Backus and Steve Douglas, celebrating 10 years of dedicated service advocating for children in foster care.

The Children’s Advocacy Center for the First Judicial District and Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children of Northeast Tennessee are partnering up for a night of education and awareness with their fundraiser, Answers for Advocacy Trivia Night.

Stewart County Sheriff Frankie Gray and Dover Police Chief Bickford achieved their goal of raising $5,000 for the local CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocates) program and all they had to do was stay on the roof of the county courthouse all day Friday.