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Episode: How to Advocate for Kids in Foster Care: We Talk About Voices for Children
Description: Abused kids becoming lost in America's foster care system is a horror story that our country deals with today. Their real needs, pain and experience gets lost in the govermental bureaucracy and under-staffed, under-funded social services agencies. The role of a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) was first conceived in 1977 by Judge David Soukup in Seattle, who wanted to find a way for the court to obtain better information about the needs of children in foster care. A CASA stays with the child even if they are moved to other homes. They are a constant on which the child can r...