Research has revealed many risk factors or attributes associated with child maltreatment. These risk factors may potentially contribute to child abuse and neglect.
Risk Factors for Child Abuse and Neglect
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Senator Unveils New Bill To Keep Children Out of Foster Care
We are CASA. An organization of volunteers that fights to provide abused and neglected children safe, permanent, homes. As we say, our goal is permanency for the child. When possible, our first objective … Read more
Warning Signs of Child Abuse and Neglect
The four main types of child maltreatment are physical abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse.
“Physical Abuse is physical injury that results in significant harm to the child, or the honest threat of … Read more
We’ve Reached a Milestone! And Hope Our Future Is Just As Bright!
The mission of CASA Child Advocates of Montgomery County is to “provide and promote court-appointed volunteer advocacy so that every abused and neglected child can have the opportunity to thrive … Read more
Child Abuse and Neglect Statistics
National child abuse statistics are alarming and difficult to accept. ‘How can this happen in our country, in our state, and in my community?’ you ask. Children are our most valuable … Read more
Foster Care Examined and Simplified
In this country, hundreds of thousands of children are in the foster care system, which means that many are living without permanent homes and families. About one-third of these children are … Read more
Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families
The Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth, and Families was created November 20, 2007. In 2010, when the founder of the Commission, Justice Harriet O’Neill, retired from the Supreme … Read more
Hispanic Children Make up 33% of Foster Care Population in Texas
Hispanic/Latino children make up over one-third of the state’s foster care population, although they comprise only 22% of Texas’ overall child population. These children are suddenly taken from their homes because of maltreatment, … Read more
Extending Cultural Familiarity to a Child in Need of Love and Security
Many children in foster care in our county are in desperate need of help and understanding.
When a child enters the foster care system because his or her home is no longer safe, a … Read more
CASA Needs Bilingual Volunteers
Do you have room in your heart to help a child in dire need of a safe and loving family? You can be one of the only constant, familiar adults in a foster … Read more
"To give a child a CASA is to give them a voice. To give them a voice is to give them hope. And to give them hope is to give them the world. I believe that with all my heart."
- Pamela Butler, former foster youth