Children who have experienced abuse and neglect have unique needs and challenges, as do their family, friends, and caregivers.
Learn with us as we explore topics related to the well-being of these children.
Together, we can create a community that is supportive and responsive to those needs.
CASA Core Values: Collaboration
January is known as a time for vision. It is a season to look ahead and make commitments for the new year. However, before we move forward, there is benefit in reflection. At Henrico CASA, we are using this time to meditate on our core values, remembering what is most...
CASA Core Values: Inclusion
January is known as a time for vision. It is a season to look ahead and make commitments for the new year. However, before we move forward, there is benefit in reflection. At Henrico CASA, we are using this time to meditate on our core values, remembering what is most...
CASA Core Values: Family
January is known as a time for vision. It is a season to look ahead and make commitments for the new year. However, before we move forward, there is benefit in reflection. At Henrico CASA, we are using this time to meditate on our core values, remembering what is most...
CASA Story: Making Brittany’s Future Bright
Brittany’s cries for help went unheard by her family. Her attempts at communicating her emotions – specifically her fear and anger from past abuse by a family member – were met by rejection as she bounced between various homes of friends and relatives. Brittany was...
CASA Story: Making Jasmine’s Future Bright
Jasmine’s father left her and her younger siblings in a parked car. They sat alone in that car for hours, scared and confused. When Jasmine feared that their father was not coming back, she began looking for help. Aid came in a commotion of strangers and police...
CASA Story: Making Mario’s Future Bright
Mario found himself grappling with the consequences of risky behaviors. On the surface, he was a teen making bad choices. Deeper within, he was a child battling a whirlwind of emotions and trauma associated with ongoing sexual abuse and medical neglect. Mario’s CASA,...
Suzanne’s CASA Story
Suzanne Pericle has been volunteering as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for more than 10 years. After raising children of her own, she became a CASA to impact and encourage children beyond her own family. Forty-one children have benefitted from Suzanne's support,...
Esther’s CASA Story
Esther Snead has been volunteering as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for seventeen years. She finds purpose in this role, knowing she is making a difference in a child's life in both the present and the future. She has also found a greater sense of community....
Reginald’s CASA Story
Reginald Baugh, a software engineer, was sworn in by the Court as a volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate, aka CASA, earlier this year. He is enthusiastically embracing the role, recognizing this as an opportunity to be an 'agent of change.' With CASA, Reginald...
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