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half as likely to reenter the foster care system, experience teen
Caroline CASA pregnancy, suff er from drug and alcohol addiction or spend
time in jail. They are more likely to graduate from high school

Court Appointed
and find that permanent home and loving family. Resource

Special Advocate parents who foster and/or adopt children are also critical for
kids in the child welfare system and are greatly needed. If
that’s where you believe your calling is, please visit www.dhs.

maryland.gov/foster-care/qualification/ to learn more.
Every child deserves a safe, loving home where they can grow
and thrive, right? Unfortunately, not every child in Caroline Studies show that children in foster care benefit greatly
County has that. There are children whose families simply can’t from positive male role models, just as they do from CASA

provide that safe environment filled with love. When a child is volunteers. In Caroline County, 60% of the children and youth
experiencing abuse and/or neglect, child welfare intervenes and we serve are boys, while only 10% of our volunteers are men.
removes the child from the home. The child is then placed in Do you want to be that game changer in a child’s life? We

foster care while the courts and the child welfare system work invite you to attend our Veteran’s Day Heroes Breakfast to learn

to find the best solution that will keep the child safe. Sometimes, about CASA and the heroes who serve and protect children in
when the birth parents can’t meet the requirements to ensure foster care while we honor those heroic men and women who
the child’s safety, their parental rights are terminated and the serve and protect our country. The featured guest speaker will

child is placed for adoption. be The Honorable J. Owen Wise, retired Circuit Court Judge

of Caroline County and founder of CASA of Caroline. Please
In November, we celebrate National Adoption Month, a month

join us on Thursday, November 11 at 7:30 am at Denton Diner
dedicated to raising awareness about the need for adoptive
for an informative and inspirational breakfast, sponsored by
families for the many children and youth in foster care who are
Shore United Bank. For details, please visit www.carolinecasa.

waiting to find their forever homes. There are many children
org. Space is limited so reserve your spot today by contacting
in Maryland and even here in Caroline County who want
Amy Horne at 410-479-8301 or casacaroline100@gmail.com.
nothing more than to become part of a loving and stable
Celebrate our American heroes while learning how you can
family; children who want nothing more than to sit around
be a hero in a child’s life; you can “Change a Child’s Story”!
a Thanksgiving or Christmas table and feel part of a family.

Th e Governor’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention funded this project

At CASA of Caroline, we train and supervise community
under sub-award number CJAC-2019-0004 and VOCA-2018-0063.
volunteers who give voices to children in the Caroline County
All points of view in this document are those of the author and do not
foster care system and are by their sides throughout the process necessarily represent the official position of any State or Federal Agency.

of finding that safe, loving, forever home. Our dedicated This project is supported by a grant from the Maryland Judiciary’s

volunteers advocate for permanent homes and ensure these Administrative Office of the Courts number AOC-G20CA0225I.

kids don’t fall through the cracks of an overburdened system.
https://dhs.maryland.gov/foster-care/qualifi cation/
With a CASA volunteer on the case, these at-risk children are
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