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Court Appointed Special Advocates
of the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit Inc.
Serving Bulloch, Effingham, Jenkins and Screven Counties


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CASA Ogeechee is an affiliate of
Georgia CASA
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WELCOME TO CASA OGEECHEE!

 

Every year, hundreds of children are abused and/or neglected by the very people they trust and depend on to protect and love them. Because these parents are unable or unwilling to care for their children, these helpless children end up in foster care or group homes. Eventually they end up in the juvenile court system where it is up to a judge to decide their future. Will they be reunited with their parents? Will they live in foster care? Will they be adopted? It is all under the discretion of the judge.

Fortunately, Court Appointed Special Advocates, CASAs are there to help in the judge’s difficult decision. These extraordinary volunteers all have one thing in common, love and concern for children. They interview the child, research their case, and speak with the best interest of the child in mind to the judge making recommendations about the child’s future.

The Court Appointed Special Advocates Program for the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit, Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to recruit, screen, train and supervise community volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused, and/or neglected children. CASA Ogeechee serves Bulloch, Effingham, Jenkins and Screven Counties.

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Child Abuse and
Neglect in Georgia

How Successful is CASA?
  • Every thirty minutes, a child is the victim of abuse in Georgia.

  • Every day, 59 children are victims of confirmed child abuse or neglect.

  • Over 250 incidents of child abuse and neglect are reported daily.

  • 64 children died from abuse and neglect in 2006.

  • Almost 13,000 children are in the legal custody of the state, at any one time.

    • In fiscal year 2007, over 9,000 children were served by over 1,800 CASA volunteers.


    • 47 CASA programs serve 118 counties and 44 of the 49 judicial circuits.


    • The Ultimate Goal of CASA Ogeechee is to ensure every child in the foster care system of the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit has a safe, permanent home as quickly as possible.

     

     

 

 



Court Appointed Special Advocates
Ogeeechee Judicial Circuit Inc.

515 Denmark Street, Statesboro, GA 30458
  912-764-4849