Success Stories...

How children find permanency and solutions:

Four children went home when the oldest child didn’t think his parents wanted them and after they’d been in foster care for two years. The CASA volunteer and DFCS convinced the parents to work their case plan and get drug treatment.

One child was placed with friends of the family after the CASA volunteer did a home evaluation and reported to the Judge that the friends’ home was a good one and that they had a loving relationship with the child. DFCS can’t recommend placement except in a foster home or with family.

One child went home to his mother even though his older brothers and sisters had been adopted by other families. CASA believed that the mother could change her habits and make a good and safe environment for the child and she did.

One child got new glasses, got a filling and found a better foster situation because of a CASA volunteer advocating for him.

One child went home to her father, even though everyone but the CASA volunteer had written him off; the volunteer searched for the father, found him in another state and visited him to make sure his home would be good for the child. No one had asked him if he wanted his child back.

One child with fetal alcohol syndrome got placed with his relatives who weren’t sure they wanted to keep him. The CASA  volunteer saw how the child flourished in their home and kept talking with them until they decided they wanted to adopt him.

Two children were adopted by a relative despite the relative’s age. The CASA volunteer explored other relatives but found that this relative was the one with whom the children felt the closest bond. Because of the CASA volunteer’s knowledge of the case and her advocacy, the children were adopted by their relative.