Child Advocates San Antonio

Address 406 San Pedro San Antonio, TX 78212	Phone 210.225.7070 Fax 210.225.7040 E-mail casa@casa-satx.org
Hours Monday - Friday 9:00am-5:00pm

CASA Advocates for Children of Eldorado

CASA - 4/23/08

We are overwhelmed and grateful for the flood of calls and support for the children of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints group out of Eldorado, TX. As you may have heard in the news, several of these children are placed in and around the San Antonio area. We will be asking our experienced volunteers to advocate for these children due

The Lone Star Proud for Kids License Plate

CASA - 4/11/08

The Lone Star Proud for Kids Licence plate is a wonderful way to join the fight against child abuse. Money raised from the plate is used throughout Texas to recruit volunteers to help abused and neglected kids. CASA receives $11 from each license plate sold. To order, please go to http://www.texascasa.org/new/How_Can_I_Help/license.asp for more information or to order.

Time Warner Cable Doing Their Part to Speak Up for Children

CASA - 10/8/2007

Time Warner Cable Doing Their Part to Speak Up for Children Time Warner Cable San Antonio has partnered with CASA to strengthen it?s volunteer recruitment efforts by airing "Making a Lifelong Difference," on its San Antonio On Demand Channel (ch. 988). The extended public service announcement features former foster care children sharing their stories of survival and how their CASA volunteers made a difference in their lives. Tell your friends and family to tune into Time Warner Channel 988 to learn about the difference CASA volunteers make in the lives of children. You can also visit

Community Outrage Over Children's Death Result in Community Action for Abused and Neglected Children

CASA - 4/18/2007

San Antonio, TX - San Antonio's response to the recent and tragic death of children allegedly murdered by their mother has turned from outrage to action. On Thursday, April 26th District Judge Peter Sekai will officially swear-in twenty-five (25) community volunteers to serve as court-appointed special advocates for abused and neglected children in Bexar County. Many of the volunteers who will be sworn-in on April 26 responded to the call to action our elected officials and community leaders put out due to the number of children in our child protection system that are at great risk of

A SOLUTION FOR SAN ANTONIO'S GROWING CHILD ABUSE PROBLEM

CASA - 2/9/2007

San Antonio, TX - Child Advocates San Antonio (CASA), a San Antonio advocacy organization that improves the lives of abused and neglected children through court-appointed volunteers, applauds doctors at Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital for alerting Child Protective Services (CPS) after treating an infant with serious injuries that could be the result of abuse. "This week's headlines are a grim reminder that child abuse is becoming a problem of almost epic proportions in our community," said Janet Ketcham, CASA Executive Director. "San Antonio has one of the highest rates of child

CASA CONVENES ITS ANNUAL CHILD ADVOCACY TRAININGS

CASA - 1/29/2007

San Antonio, TX - Child Advocates San Antonio (CASA), a San Antonio advocacy organization that improves the lives of abused and neglected children through court-appointed volunteers, kicked off its annual child advocacy training program in January. "The recent headlines about children dying or suffering horrific abuse have highlighted the ever increasing rate of child abuse in our community," said Janet Ketcham, CASA Executive Director. "The rise in child abuse has created an urgent need for more CASA volunteers to ensure the needs of these children do not slip through the cracks of what i

CHILDREN'S COURT WELCOMES NEWLY COURT-APPOINTED

www.casa-satx.org - 1/30/2007

San Antonio, TX - Janet Ketcham, Executive Director of Child Advocates San Antonio (CASA), will be joined by Associate Judge Charles Montemayor of the Bexar County Children's Court to swear-in community volunteers to serve as child advocates. The ceremony will take place on Friday, February 2 in room 3.06 at the Bexar County Courthouse, beginning at 4:00 p.m. As Executive Director of the San Antonio child advocacy organization, Ketcham will usher in the new court-appointed volunteers to be a much-needed extra set of eyes and ears for the judges who decide the children's futures, and who are

Comment: Be a voice for abused and neglected children

San Antonio Express News - 09/06/2006

Web Posted: 08/06/2006 06:00 PM CDT There have been tragic stories in the news about children who have fallen prey to horrific abuse or suffered from neglect at the hands of those who are supposed to love and protect them. There are many more children whose stories are untold and who will live in the shadows of abuse until someone gives them a voice. That voice can come in many different forms ; a teacher, doctor, your next-door neighbor, maybe even you. It only takes one. We have been blessed to know many people who have chosen to be a voice for children living with abuse or neglect.

Child advocate volunteers 'are the eyes and ears of the court'

Express News - 05/01/2006

Web Posted: 04/28/2006 12:00 AM CDT

Tracy Idell Hamilton
Express-News Staff Writer

The end of Child Abuse Awareness month means little to the hundreds of children whose lives have been upended by violence and remain in limbo, their fate unclear as their cases make their way through the courts.

They are assigned a guardian ad litem, an attorney whose jo

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