Welcome to the Maryland
CASA Association* Web Site!
Dedicated to ensuring all victims of child abuse and neglect in
Maryland their right to safe, permanent homes.
Happy New Year and welcome to the home of Maryland CASA Association! MD CASA is very excited about 2010 as we start the year with new initiatives, recruiting more volunteers, and speaking up for more children. Check out what’s new with MD CASA below!
What’s New!!
Service with a Purpose! Maryland CASA Association has now officially launched the MD CASA-AmeriCorps Program. The program has 5 newly oriented AmeriCorps members who will be working from five local service sites around the state to expand our influence, strengthen our capacity to serve and advocate for more abused and neglected children. To get to know the MD CASA AmeriCorps members click here.
Step Forward for an Abused Child at the Baltimore Marathon! MD CASA is not dragging its feet this year as we are now preparing for the upcoming Baltimore Marathon. We are currently recruiting runners, seeking sponsors and need volunteers for Team CASA. For more information about how you can get involved click on this link here.
It’s that training time of year again! Every year, MD CASA works to improve our quality of service, and this year is no different. MD CASA will be hosting its 4th Annual Professional Development Conference at the Judiciary Education and Conference Center in Annapolis. For more information about registration and workshops click on this link here.
Message from Our State Director
Thank you for visiting the Maryland CASA association website. We encourage you to become involved in our efforts to break the cycle of child abuse and neglect in Maryland.
Every day in Maryland, 22 children are abused or neglected.If this were a recall of tainted food or a malfunctioning product, it would be all over the headlines.But it seems the only time we hear about child abuse and neglect is when a child has died or been seriously injured.
Today, more than 10,000 children live in temporary foster homes in Maryland, awaiting safe, permanent homes.They are children like yours and mine, with the same potential, the same hopes and desires.But they are thrust into a complex court system through no fault of their own – and they will wait an average of three years before finding permanent homes.Far too often, their voices are not heard.In many ways, they are forgotten children.
That is where CASA comes in.CASA recruits and trains adult volunteers to serve as Court Appointed Special Advocates for victims of child abuse and neglect.Our goal is simple – to speak up for every child’s right to a safe, permanent home.
We invite you to become involved with CASA – by serving as a CASA volunteer, supporting our work with a financial or in kind contribution, helping to recruit additional volunteers, or one of the many other ways to take action on behalf of children.
Please check out our site to learn more about our work and how you may become involved.On behalf of the 10,000 children awaiting safe and permanent homes, I thank you for your interest in helping Maryland’s most vulnerable children.
Ed Kilcullen, MD CASA State Director
*Maryland CASA Association is not associated in any way with CASA de Maryland, the service and advocacy organization serving the Latino and other immigrant populations. For more information about CASA de Maryland, please go to www.casademaryland.org.