Reno County CASA is still advocating for kids going through the court system, as they have since 1984.
"We are a non-profit that works directly with the court system, with the juvenile courts," said Sharon Stokes with CASA. "We train volunteers to be the eyes and ears of the court and make recommendations to the court for what could be in the child's best interest."
Right now, CASA has just a handful of volunteers in Reno County.
"We are very low in our advocates," Stokes said. "We only have five advocates, but they are working very hard and very diligently and we are always in need of more volunteers."
There are a lot of kids who need help each year.
"Our juvenile court system hears over 300 cases of suspected abuse and neglect," Stokes said. "Our ideal would be to have an advocate for every single one of those children. We know that's a pie in the sky kind of thing, but that would be the goal, to have enough advocates to support and hear the children's cases and to be a part of what's going on in their lives and find out how to make things better for them."
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