Season 15 Nonprofit Partners
CASA of Contra Costa County (James Comey)
Mindful Life Project (Jean Twenge)
Village Community Resource Center
(Rick Wilson & Marc Lotter)
Delta Veterans Group
(Martha Raddatz)
The Bread Project (Jeff
Henderson)
Ujima Family Recovery Services (J.D.
Vance)
Tandem, Partners in Early Learning
(Amy Tan)
Cancer Support Community
(Julius Erving)
CASA of Contra Costa County
CASA
of Contra Costa County provides volunteer advocacy for children who
are dependents of the Juvenile Court as foster children. CASA
volunteers are appointed by the Juvenile Court and work one-on-one
with these children. CASA volunteers visit the foster home, meet
with teachers, mental health providers, attorneys and social workers
so they can provide a complete report to the Juvenile Court about a
child's situation, and make recommendations for improvement.
Research shows that children in foster care with CASA advocates
have better outcomes. They spend less time in foster care, and are
less likely to be bounced from home to home. They are 50% less likely
to reenter the child welfare system. In addition, they do better in
school including being 20% more likely to pass all their courses, and
25% less likely to have poor conduct in school.
Nationally, less than half of foster youth graduate from high
school or earn a GED, but 100% of CASA youth in Contra Costa County
graduate or earn a GED. Less than 10% of foster youth attend college,
but 62% of CASA youth attend college or other post-secondary
education.
Due to the exceptional outcomes for CASA youth, in 2016 the CASA
Board of Directors undertook an ambitious five year plan to increase
the number of abused and neglected children served by the organization
to 400 a year. This will allow the organization to serve almost 40% of
the children in foster care in Contra Costa County by 2021. Help CASA
youth:
www.cccocasa.org
Mindful Life Project
http://www.mindfullifeproject.org/
Village Community Resource Center
http://www.vcrcbrentwoodca.org
Delta Veterans Group
https://deltaveteransgroup.org
The Bread Project
https://breadproject.org
Ujima Family Recovery Services
http://www.ujimafamily.org
Tandem, Partners in Early Learning
https://www.tandembayarea.org
Cancer Support Community
http://www.cancersupportcommunity.net
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