A child in California is abused or neglected
every 4 minutes
A child in California is born into poverty every 5 minutes
A child in California dies before his/her 1st birthday every
3 hours
A child or teen in California is killed by gunfire every 19
hours
Statistics on child abuse and neglect:
Every day in the United States 3 children die because of abuse or
neglect.
Every year in the United States 18,000 children are permanently
disabled and 565,000 children are seriously injured because of abuse
or neglect.
588,000 children are in foster care in the U.S.
677 children are in foster care in Santa Barbara County.
In 2006, 141 CASA of Santa Barbara County volunteers advocated on
behalf of 194 foster children.
Our CASA volunteers range in age from 21 to over 70.
Most of our volunteers work full-time: as teachers, pilots, social
service workers, and salespeople; for the government, non-profits,
corporations and their own companies.
Some of our volunteers work part-time, and many others are students,
retirees, community volunteers and full-time parents.
CASA of Santa Barbara County is a non-profit organization with 11
staff members.
We maintain quality standards of a maximum of 30 CASA volunteers per
case manager.
The CASA program offers initial training up to six times per year.
There are over hundreds of children in the Santa Barbara County
Juvenile Court system waiting for a CASA volunteer.
