Hope

What we provide is hope. One consistent, caring adult can change everything for a child, and their family.

I’d like to tell you a story of a girl we’ll call Faith. She was sleeping in a car with her mom, after they were evicted from their apartment. When she met Hope, her CASA, she was 9.

She was angry with her mother and seemed content to stay with her kind, supportive foster mom. Hope made sure that she and her mother were getting counseling to work on their relationship, and that Mom was working on the goals in her family service plan. Hope also met Faith’s sister Verity, 19, who was not in foster care. Hope was able to make sure that Verity could visit in Faith’s foster home. We were able to help her to get a dependency waiver for college, since she has a parent in jail and one who was homeless.

With support, Faith and her mother repaired their relationship, mom got an apartment, and Faith went home. A year later, Hope stays in touch with the family and they are doing well. Our volunteer created a lifetime connection with the child and family. This is just one story of the dozens of lives our volunteers touch each year