CASA and Connect Our Kids Help One Child Remember His Mother
TEXAS: Preston* was very close to his mother until age 8, when she died. He couldn’t stay with his father after her untimely death, since the father’s parental rights were terminated. Having no additional family who could care for him, he entered foster care. Since becoming a foster child, Preston has moved nine different times. […]
Connect Our Kids and CASA Help Neglected Little Girl Find A Loving Forever Home
TEXAS/OHIO: Little Anna* used to go to school wearing soiled clothing and tattered shoes. Fearing that Anna would be ridiculed, her teachers would take her aside before class, clean her up, comb her hair, change her clothes and give her new socks and shoes. They also reported her neglect. The school’s reports, along with abuse allegations, led […]
CASA Discovers 46 Connections for Child Who Spent 10 Years in Foster Care
TEXAS: While Mateo is only fourteen-years-old, he has experienced a lot of hardships in his young life. He has been in foster care for the past ten years and bounced around in many placements such as foster homes and residential treatment centers. Because of the long amount of time Mateo spent in foster care, to no fault of his own, many people gave up on him. He was an old case with no prospects of ever finding a forever family.
Discover and engage extended family and friends with precision and speed
In an effort to assist with the implementation of the Family First Act, Connect Our Kids has developed technology tools to streamline the family diligent search and engagement process. Because of the generosity of private donors, these tools are offered free of charge to social workers, family recruiters and CASA volunteers.