by Yellowstone CASA | Dec 1, 2017 | CASA Headlines, CASA Updates
Kip Atkinson went from “bad guy” to good guy in just a few months. The Billings man has now spent a year volunteering as a Court Appointed Special Advocate, or CASA, with abused and neglected kids. Before that, he spent five years shutting off power at...
by Yellowstone CASA | Aug 4, 2017 | CASA Headlines, CASA Updates
For full Gazette article click here In Montana where barely 10 percent of the people who need treatment for alcohol or other drug abuse actually get it, even the children suffer. “Substance abuse is reaching catastrophic levels in Billings,” said Jennifer Owen,...
by Yellowstone CASA | May 1, 2017 | CASA Headlines, CASA Updates
Put a camera in a child’s hand, Shannen Keene figures, and the young photographer can tell his or her own story in a compelling, even poignant way. And if that child has experienced abuse or neglect at home, the story that’s told becomes one that might move viewers to...