Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers work to promote and advocate for the best interests of children involved in cases of abuse and/or neglect within the Suffolk and Middlesex County Juvenile Court.

You need to be at least 21 years old and able to commit to supporting a youth through the length of their case, on average 18-22 months. Most volunteers work about 10-15 hours a month. Boston CASA host three training sessions a year, Fall, Spring and Summer. The training is over 35 hours and is both in person and virtual.

 

Boston CASA volunteers:

• Advocate for the child’s best interest in court

• Collaborate with everyone in the child’s life to help ensure their physical, emotional, mental health, and educational needs are met

• Provide a consistent and stable adult presence in the child’s life

• Work on a single case–one child or sibling group–at a time, and stay with that case until it is closed

• The goal for every case is permanency—for each child to find a safe and permanent home, and for teens aging out of the foster care system to transition successfully into independent adulthood.
  

To join a monthly information session, please visit https://form.jotform.com/80775907484975.