Dear Friends of CASA,
“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” was one of the years’ most popular movies and brought to mind one of my favorite Fred Rogers quotes: “anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me.”
Adopting Mr. Rogers’ perspective, the children CASA of Santa Barbara County served in 2019 had many, many heroes. And those heroes achieved new heights, collectively reaching a higher percentage of child victims placed in protective care than ever before in the agency’s history.
On the last day of the fiscal year, CASA of Santa Barbara County was serving 100% of our community’s child victims of abuse and neglect who were then living in substitute care placements, which means children residing in protective care somewhere other than home. We had a day when children were brought into the care of the court in the morning, and had a CASA volunteer assigned to them that afternoon.
And who are the heroes making this happen? The 285 CASA volunteers assigned to serve children in 2019 made all the difference in the lives of the youngest and most vulnerable among us. The extraordinary members of our community who stand up for children with their voices are the reasons we were able to have a day with no children waiting for advocacy.
I wish I could say that we were able to maintain it, but due to a spike in cases in the summer, we are once again working to serve every child. But we know the difference it makes, so we continue our work with determination.
Putting our children first by providing professional staff who train and support our volunteer advocates would not be possible without the generous support of the broader community. To each individual and organization who has contributed the resources necessary to expand and sustain CASA’s program capacity, we owe you enormous gratitude. Your generosity has supported our growth and we intend to continue to work hard so that no child victim is left to walk this frightening and uncertain path alone.
Yours in advocacy,
Kim Colby Davis
Executive Director
FY 2019 Achievement Highlights
- 285 CASA volunteers advocated for 510 children who experienced the trauma of abuse and/or neglect
- Over 26,000 hours of service were donated by CASA volunteers providing $765,165 in value to the community
- 80 new volunteers completed 35 hours of pre-service training to join our team of volunteer child advocates
- 73 children were successfully reunited with their parents and 53 children found permanent homes with adoptive families.

FY 2019 Financials

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$50,000 – $100,000 Judicial Council of California County of Santa Barbara Human Services $49,000 – $30,000 The Mark and Dorothy Smith Family Foundation $29,999 – $20,000 The Towbes Foundation WWW Foundation Yardi Systems, Inc. Christine and Michael Holland $19,999 – $10,000 American General Media Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation Montecito Bank and Trust Volentine Family Foundation AGIA Legionnaire Insurance Trust AMR The Crawford Idema Foundation James S. Bower Foundation June G. Outhwaite Charitable Trust The Edwin and Jeanne Woods Family Foundation The Stone Family Foundation Wood-Claeyssens Foundation $9,999 – $5,000 The Ann Jackson Family Foundation Calcagno and Hamilton, Inc. Cox Communications, Inc. Deckers Outdoor Martin and Kerrilee Gore Greene Family Foundation Hunter-Jelks Fund Lyons Family Foundation, Inc. Laurie McKinley Regina and Richard Roney Roger Chrisman Dale Zurawski Dr. Robert and Lori Barry Duck Derby Anonymous Cox Charities Foundation Santa Barbara Foundation Susan Galluzzo Julie Henley McNamara Hutton Parker Foundation $4,999 – $1,000 Becky and Peter Adams Ralph and Lucy Archuleta Barbara N. Rubin Foundation Larry and Wendy Barels David and Tracy Martha Clark Alfred and Julia Clark Jim and Jolene Colomy Cottage Health Carol Diamond Maurice Duca Festival of Children Foundation Inc. David and Monica Fishman FLIR Systems, Inc. Lisa Fong Edward Graper David and Ruth Green Thomas Greene Joe Hardin, Jr. Jeanne and David Hoffman Carlos Hurtado Edward and Martha Kaufman Christopher Lancashire The M&M Foundation Frankie and Angel Martinez Betty and Mike Noling Robin Rickershauser Joyce and Paul Ryan Doris and Robert Schaffer The Hawkins Foundation Turpin Family Charitable Foundation Michael Burke Jane Restaurant Aaron and Greta Pankratz George Majoue Timothy Bigelow Tom Creath Renee Alexandre Mary Ellen and Dennis Pankratz Mike and Yvonne Biely John and Terri Patino CLASSCYC FITNESS Shiloh Flagg BMW Santa Barbara Exxon Mobil Corporation Jay and Anne Hardy Matthew Huff Grace Pacheco David and Lynne Richardson Maryan Schall Diane Sheldon Alexander and Kathy Simas Judith Martin Gregory and Cobie Mona and Dominick McConkey Moms Club of Orcutt Kim and Mike Davis Lynda and Jim Snodgrass Milton and Deann Zampelli Rienk and Laura Ayers Selden and Judy Edner The Charitable Foundation Lois Rozet Rotary Club of Santa Barbara North Charitable Foundation Frank and Nancy Iarossi Heather Ames Santa Maria Rotary Club, South Judy and Leon Bartholomew Laurel Cleary EPM Inc. Honda of Santa Maria William and Elizabeth S. Robinson Foundation |
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