Illinois CASA Statistics
CASA stands for court appointed special advocate. A CASA is a trained, community volunteer who advocates for the best interests of abused and neglected children who are involved with the child welfare system. CASA volunteers serve in child abuse and neglect cases, Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) cases and sometimes in adoption proceedings.
- In Illinois there are 32 non-profit CASA programs with nearly 2,656 volunteers who in FY 2020 advocated for the best interests of 7,985 child victims of abuse and neglect. The 32 local CASA programs were assigned to 2,756 new children in FY 2020.
- 1,909 children assigned a CASA volunteer are now in a safe permanent home.
- No child assigned a CASA died and less than 0.5% re-entered foster care
- Our goal is to ensure every child has access to a CASA volunteer by 2025.
