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Milwaukee CASA- Our Signature
Project
After an extensive search process,
the JLM designated In Their Best Interests (ITBI)/Milwaukee
CASA as our new Signature Project. The Junior
League of Milwaukee has committed $90,000 to be
disbursed over three years to the Signature Project
to celebrate our 90th year, 2005-2006.
 The
committee is responsible for furthering the development
and establishment of the Signature Project for
the JLM. The purpose of this committee is to develop
a Signature Project that will provide In Their
Best Interests/Milwaukee CASA with a significant
monetary and volunteer commitment from the JLM
to expand an existing community CASA program and
create a new facility in which CASA volunteers
and ITBI clients can meet and work. The Junior
League of Milwaukee will be a founding partner
in the development of the new facility, which
will meet a need currently unmet in the Milwaukee
community.
The dual goals of the Signature
Project are to facilitate the opening of the new
multi-use center and to enable Milwaukee CASA
to serve as many children as possible. The Signature
Project Committee will measure how many foster
children are successfully served each year with
the help of the Junior League of Milwaukee.
Milwaukee CASA Information
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mission of the Milwaukee CASA program is to
be a voice for abused, neglected and exploited
children who are under legal protection of
the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Children’s
Court Division. CASA volunteers advocate for
the rights of these children to grow up in
safe, nurturing, and permanent homes. Through
trained volunteers, CASA uses a child-centered
approach to work with the children and their
support environment to monitor, evaluate,
report and make recommendations to the legal
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system to improve outcomes for these children. The
following “Q & A” briefly describes
the work surrounding the CASA program in Milwaukee.
For more information about CASA, please visit: www.nationalcasa.org.
- What does CASA stand for? CASA stands
for a Court Appointed Special Advocate.
- What does a CASA volunteer do?
A CASA volunteer advocates on behalf of abused
and neglected children within the court system
so that they can thrive in safe, permanent homes.
- In Milwaukee, how many children are in the
foster care system at any given time? In
Milwaukee there are approximately 3,000 children
in the foster care system at any given time.
- Why does CASA work with the Betty Brinn Museum?
CASA works with the Betty Brinn Museum because
Betty Brinn was in foster care as a child; the
Betty Brinn Museum and Foundation continue to
serve children in foster or kinship care with
donation of funds and resources.
- Is CASA a national program? CASA is a
national program, with more than 900 CASA program
offices are in operation throughout the country.
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