CASA SHaW receives funding for core services and mission
Lebanon, NJ (September 25) – Court Appointed Special Advocates of Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties (CASA SHaW) has announced that they have received $145,825 in funding from the New Jersey State Legislature via CASA of New Jersey that will be utilized for child advocacy, CASA SHaW training, community outreach, and supporting our core mission.
“These funds allow us to serve abused and neglected children as effectively as we do by training and supporting CASA volunteers, who make sure abused foster children have what they need to thrive in the future,” said Tracey Heisler, Executive Director of CASA SHaW. “We are so grateful to have received this funding because the work we do is important to so many children and families in our region,” said Heisler.
This funding will provide necessary training for not only new CASA volunteers in the future, but provides foundational support for our child advocacy services. CASA SHaW has been at the forefront of providing these services to foster youth and families for nearly two decades in Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties.
“We have demonstrated, time and time again, that we are able to bring sustainable and real solutions to our tri-county foster care community with an incredible amount of success,” said Heisler. “The work we do matters for children who are facing tremendous hardships through no fault of their own. All children need is one stable adult in their life for them to blossom and succeed, and that’s one of the many things we provide for them,” Heisler said.
CASA of Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties is part of a statewide network of community-based, non-profit programs that recruit, screen, train and supervise volunteers to “Speak Up for a Child” removed from home due to abuse or neglect. CASA is the only program in New Jersey that uses trained volunteers to work one-on-one with children, ensuring that each one gets the services needed and achieves permanency in a safe, nurturing home. To find a local CASA program in your county, visit www.casaofnj.org.
