CASA Child Advocates of Montgomery County is in urgent need of new volunteers to serve as Advocates for children in foster care who have been removed from their homes due to … Read more
News & Events
Father’s Day: Kids Need Positive Role Models in Their Lives
By Ann McAlpin
Executive Director, CASA Child Advocates of Montgomery County
Great dads make the world go ‘round. I know because I had one.
When we were little, my dad danced me on his shoes. … Read more
CASA, Wiesner Preparing Foster Youths for the Future
Sale Consultant Josh Ables answers questions from teenagers as part of Court Appointed Special Advocate’s new Fostering Futures program, which aims to help the teens gain real life … Read more
Aging Out of Foster Care: Setting Youth on the Path to Success
Youth at-risk: An Uncertain Future
Last year in Montgomery County, approximately 6% of the youth served by CASA “aged out” of care. Youth age out of the foster care system when they achieve … Read more
CASA: A Complete Picture
This video tells the story of Kayana, who recently aged out of foster care, and some of the adults that came into contact with her during her time in the foster care system.
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: CASA Volunteers Provide a Voice for Children
When Faye Batt was ready to retire from the nursery at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital, a kind-hearted doctor realized she would likely miss working with children in need of extra … Read more
22nd Annual CASA Speaks for Kids Gala
http://www.hellowoodlands.com/22nd-annual-casa-speaks-kids-gala/ … Read more
Almost Half Million Children Are in the Foster Care System (Article by Good Housekeeping)
But here’s what you can do to help.
Over 400,000 children are in the foster care system. The initial goal is to reunite them with birth families or relatives if appropriate, but that’s not always the case. At least 100,000 kids … Read more
Parenting a Child Who Has Experienced Trauma
Understanding the repercussions that abuse and/or neglect has on a child can seem overwhelming. The child has been exposed to a form of trauma that no child should have to experience. Foster parents, … Read more
Montgomery County to pilot program for foster children: Local success in finding families for children serves as state model
At a time when the Texas foster care system has come under fire, with a federal judge ruling it broken to the point of unconstitutionality, a small glimmer of hope has shone on Montgomery County. Read more… (Article by … 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