The Colonial CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program was founded in 1995 in response to a request for a CASA program from the Williamsburg James City County Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court (Court). Since that time, Colonial CASA has operated as a 501(c) (3) public charity accepting support from individuals, corporations, and public funds to ensure that children who are victims of abuse and neglect are placed in safe and permanent homes as quickly as possible.
Our purpose is accomplished by recruiting, training, and supervising community volunteers to serve as special advocates for children whose families have been cited for abuse and neglect by the Court. It is the driving goal of Colonial CASA to ensure that the best interests of all children referred by a judge are represented before the Court. Since its founding, Colonial CASA has recruited and trained nearly 250 CASA volunteers to provide this critical service to more than 1,400 children who have been referred by the Court.
