Every child
deserves a voice
in the room.
Be the one who speaks up. We train ordinary Nebraskans — teachers, retirees, ranchers, parents — to walk beside abused and neglected children through the foster system. One trained adult. One steady voice.
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Join us for impact. Foster care is a hallway full of strangers. Caseworkers rotate. Attorneys carry forty files. The judge meets the child for five minutes. By the time anyone notices the child has stopped speaking, the hallway has already moved on.
A CASA volunteer is the one face that doesn't change. We train you for thirty hours, swear you in before a judge, and assign you to one child. You learn their school. Their fears. Their bedtime. The teacher they trust. The cousin who keeps their secrets.
You write what you learn. The judge reads it. Studies show children with a CASA spend less time in care, are half as likely to re-enter foster, and are more likely to find a permanent home. The math is plain. The work is not.
Watch the work, unfiltered.
From neighbor to advocate.
Six steps. About 10 hours a month. We supervise you the whole way — you will never walk it alone.
training10 hrs
/ month12–24 mo
per case
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You inquire
A form, a phone call, a conversation. We meet you where you are — in Omaha, in Chadron, on your porch in Beatrice. No commitment to apply.
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Thirty hours of training
Online modules. Live courtroom observation. Trauma-informed practice. Report writing. We teach what a judge needs to read and what a child needs an adult to notice.
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Sworn in
You take an oath before a juvenile court judge and become an officer of the court — accountable only to the child you serve.
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One child assigned
A judge appoints you to one case. You learn the child's story from teachers, doctors, foster parents, family members, and — most importantly — the child.
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You speak in court
You write a report. The judge reads it by name. You stand at the hearing and answer when asked. Most cases run 12–24 months, and you stay steady through all of it.
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A permanent home
Reunification when possible. Adoption when not. You stay until the file closes. Then, when you're ready, another child waits.
More than 1,500 Nebraska children are waiting for a CASA volunteer right now. That is the gap. Closing it — one trained adult, one child at a time — is the work.
22 programs.55 counties.One promise.
Every red county has a court-appointed advocate working a case tonight. The lighter the shade, the further to drive. The darker, the deeper the roots.
"Geography is the first thing that fails a child in foster care. We are trying to make Nebraska a smaller place — one volunteer at a time."
Find the program nearest you.
I thought I'd be the one teaching her something. She taught me what it costs to be brave at nine years old.Maria H.Advocate · Hall County · 4 years
The judge looked at the file. Then he looked at me. He asked, 'What does Tyler need?' My CASA had the answer.Hon. James R.Juvenile Court Judge · Lincoln
Eighteen months. Forty-two visits. One little boy, finally home. That is the math of this work.Daniel O.Advocate · Douglas County · 7 years
Foster care can feel like a hallway full of strangers. CASA is the one face that doesn't change.Aisha B.Former foster youth · age 21
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Two days, in person at the Courtyard by Marriott in La Vista. 300+ CASA volunteers, staff, board members, and partners in child welfare from every corner of Nebraska — gathering to learn, train, and recommit.
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Pick the door that fits your life — and walk through it.
Volunteer.
Become a CASA. Thirty hours of training, then about ten hours a month standing beside one child.
Donate.
$50 trains a CASA for an hour. $500 funds a full case from intake to permanency. Every dollar moves a child forward.
Lend your voice.
Join a monthly virtual info session. Talk to your employer, your county board, one friend at coffee. Word of mouth is how we grow.