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CASA of Memphis and Shelby County began in 1986 under the direction of Kenneth A. Turner, former Judge of the Shelby County Juvenile Court.
Our mission is to be the leader in child advocacy through dedicated, trained volunteers and staff, who by providing an unbiased voice in court, assure safe permanent homes for abused, abandoned and neglected children.Our mission is to be the leader in child advocacy through dedicated, trained volunteers and staff who, by providing an unbiased voice in court, assure safe permanent homes for abused, abandoned and neglected children. A volunteer board of directors provides expert guidance to the organization. A professional staff oversees services to CASA volunteers and children. A foundation of dedicated CASA volunteers provides a powerful voice for abused and neglected children in our community every day. Our goal is to assign a CASA volunteer to every child who needs one, so please become a volunteer!..
CASA is an acronym for Court Appointed Special Advocate. Concerned over making decisions about abused and neglected children's lives without sufficient information, a Seattle judge conceived the idea of using trained community volunteers to speak for the best interest of these children in court. So successful was this Seattle program that soon judges across the country began utilizing citizen advocates. In 1990, the U.S. Congress encouraged the expansion of CASA with passage of the Victims of Child Abuse Act.
