Court Appointed Special Advocates are community volunteers who speak up for the best interests of children in foster care. Volunteer CASAs work for the best interests of kids by advocating for their safety and permanency.
Natalie and Noah came into foster care for the second time after their mom relapsed into her...
Kyla was fourteen years old when she came into foster care. Her mom was arrested for physically...
In 2017, Promise, Grayson and Selah left the foster care system and went home to their parents’...
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 homes where...
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,...
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...
