A way to help in foster care
Every year in Colorado, many children are taken from their homes due to parent abandonment or neglect.
These children often end up in foster homes, hopefully temporarily but oftentimes permanently, staying until they age out of the system.
Due to the shortage of foster homes throughout Colorado, a significant number of our youth are ending up in group homes and placements that can’t give the children the loving, nurturing environment a family home can.
I understand that child neglect is a much deeper issue and isn’t going to disappear, at least not in the near future. Not everyone can be a foster parent, but there are several other ways people can get involved in these children’s lives.
The most significant way that I have found recently is the CASA program. CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates, and many people don’t even know the program exists.
A CASA represents a child in a dependency and neglect case. You are given the chance to become their voice in court. You advocate for what you feel is best for them. Visit www.colorado
casa.org to get more information.
Children are our future; let’s help make it brighter!
Jennifer Gruenberger, Thornton
I can't get past the name CASA! What is this?? Another social program for illegal aliens and their neglected children?
Posted by AAA on July 24, 2007 09:36 AMCASA stands for Count Appointed Special Advocates. They serve children who are involved in the court system because their parents are abusive. If you take the time to look at county stats, you will find that hardly any undocumented families are involved in social services and if they are, they cannot receive help from the counties, due to our state law. Please know your facts before you make hateful comments.
Posted by rls1 on July 24, 2007 12:10 PMOboy!!! Another of my favorite windmills to tilt at! The reason there's so much child abuse is that YOU are letting the government pay underage girls of color to bear children that they can't take care of,necessitating a large and well paid group of professionals to care for said children.It's a great meal ticket for the professionals,not so good for the kids.Ris1 sounds like one of those professionals,and I used to be one too.The truth about the proportion of illegals in the system will never be known,because the system doesn't check immigration status.Never did.It's worth mentioning also that the system gives hiring preference to Spanish speakers,and explicitly says so in its recruitment materials.Who do you think generates ris1's "county stats"? Do you really expect any of them to put citizenship ahead of race? Do you really expect any of them NOT to yell "Hate!"
Posted by Jimminy on July 25, 2007 08:01 AMThanks, Jennifer, for an outstanding letter. The replies by AAA and Jimminy reminded me to once again read the current thread on mental illness. I wish there were some way to replace people like them with some good illegal immigrants.
Posted by Truth on July 25, 2007 04:34 PMJimminy, Truth got loose again. You go try and find him this time. He likes to climb the big tree in the neighbors yard and swing onto their back deck. Good luck!!
Posted by AAA on July 25, 2007 05:23 PMFor those interested, the website is at http://www.coloradocasa.org .
Posted by Truth on July 25, 2007 05:55 PM