|
|
Feature Story
An Evaluation of Volunteers Courts Controversy
Study of appointed advocates for children produces some surprising results and a challenge for the group that asked for it.
by
Barbara White Stack
The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program couldn’t sound more apple pie, more thousand points of light.
CASAs are a cadre of 74,000 volunteers trained for dozens of hours, then dispatched to conduct independent investigations of child abuse and to represent the children’s interests in courts around the nation. What could be wrong with that?
Subscribers, login above for full access to Youth Today Online.
Not a subscriber?Learn about how you can get full access now.
|
