Illinois CASA has been awarded $2,885,000 in state funding. This is the first time in Illinois CASA’s 26 years of operation they have received any state funding.
This funding will be split between 31 local programs across Illinois to expand their programing so more youth who have experienced child abuse or neglect can have a specially trained Court Appointed Special Advocate assigned to their case.
In addition, there will be money to go into some counties to open new CASA programs to help serve the more than 2,000 survivors who do not currently have access to a CASA program.
Executive Director Mari Christopherson stated, “This funding means that more children across Illinois do not have to go through the court process alone. We applaud the Governor in supporting a program that works.”
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August 24, 2019 at 03:32PM
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