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Court Appointed Special Advocates are everyday heroes to children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse abandonment or neglect.  When parents are unable or unwilling to protect their children, the court system steps in to take over, and these parents are given an opportunity to “get it together” and get their children back.  During that time, 12 – 18 months typically, these children are placed in the foster care system.  All too often they are separated from their siblings, moved numerous times which means changing schools, and in the case of many foster kids in outlying areas of Kern County, isolated from whatever support system they had.    All children in the juvenile dependency system have an attorney and a social worker, and those dedicated professionals have caseloads that can be overwhelming.  CASA volunteers are assigned to just one child or one sibling set and typically meet with their CASA kids once a week...
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