As independent advocates for children, CASA volunteers gather information about a child's situation, attend court proceedings, and make a recommendation to the judge regarding the child's future.

CASA volunteers are given a court order which enables them to freely gather information from the home or school of the child. CASA volunteers are able to interview anyone who can give an idea of what is going on in the child's life.

CASA volunteers are important because they are able to devote more time and attention to a given child than a DFCS case manager is able to because CASA workers are only assigned one or two cases at a time, rather than the average load of 25-30 cases a typical case manager may be juggling.

CASA volunteers are independent advocates who report to the judge, NOT DFCS.