Our Mission
CASA of Southeast MS recruits, trains, screens, supervises, and supports compassionate, qualified, community volunteers to advocate for the best interest of abused and/or neglected children and youth in the youth court system, in order to create positive, permanent outcomes.
Every year 500,000+ abused and neglected children are in need of safe permanent homes.
Too many spend years moving from one temporary home to another. They have no family to call their own. They are more likely than other children to face homelessness, unemployment, even prison as adults.
That’s where CASA steps in.
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) was created in 1977 to make sure the abuse and neglect these children suffered at home does not continue as abuse and neglect at the hands of the system.
We need you!
As trained advocates, CASA volunteers are appointed by judges to be a voice for these children in court. The result is they are placed into safe, loving homes where they can thrive.
How you can help
Advocate
Become a CASA volunteer CASA of Southeast MS serves George, Jackson and Green County. We have a special need for men and people of color volunteers.
Donate
If you can’t give your time please consider giving financially. Every dollar goes toward helping children get to a safe and permanent home.
Get Involved
There are many ways to support our mission even if you can’t volunteer or donate regularly.
“To give a child a CASA volunteer is to give them a voice. To give them a voice is to give them hope, and to give them hope is to give them the world.”
Pamela Butler, Former Foster Child
News & Events
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2023 Changes in the CASA Staff
Jonathan Mills will now officially take on the role of Program Manager which gives him a role in the employment and screening of direct service staff and the selection and screening of qualified volunteers. He will have a limited number of local cases to give him time to ensure that both staff and all volunteers…
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New CASA Volunteers
Congratulations to our newest volunteers: Vera Johnson, Monica Norris and Danny Le Batard. They finished winter training in late February and early March and were sworn in by Jackson County Youth Court Judge Honorable Stacie Zorn on March 21st. Also sworn in at that time were Amber Ehlers and Zoey Lamkin, two of the program’s…
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Volunteers Needed: Latest Program Statistics
As of February 28, 2023, 100 CASA volunteers served 132 children with 476 donated hours of service for the calendar year. Thank you to each dedicated volunteer who has worked to provide a voice for a child who is journeying through the Youth Court process. As the number of children in custody continues to grow,…
