Court Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Barbara County
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Barbara County
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About this organization
Mission
The mission of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Santa Barbara County is to assure a safe, permanent, nurturing home for every abused or neglected child by providing a highly trained volunteer to advocate for them in the dependency court system. Volunteers talk to foster parents, family members, social workers, attorneys, teachers, medical professionals, and therapists in an effort to learn as much as possible about the child's situation. CASA volunteers serve hundreds of court dependent children every year.
About
The Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAS) work to prevent abused, neglected, and abandoned children from becoming lost in the juvenile dependency system, and finds them safe, permanent, nurturing homes as quickly as possible by carefully pairing a CASA volunteer with each child to ensure that the child's best interest is served. The advocate spends time with the child, gathers relevant information, assesses the child's needs, writes reports for the juvenile court judge, and attends all court hearings regarding the child until a suitable, nurturing, permanent home is obtained. For the year ended June 30, 2019, 510 children were served by 286 volunteer advocates providing 26,496 hours of service.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
According to the filing documents, the non-profit's mission is defined as “To assure safe, permanent,nurturing homes for abused and/or neglected children by providing highly-trained volunteers to advocate for them in the court system of santa barbara county, california.”.
When detailing its duties, they were outlined as: “To assure safe, permanent,nurturing homes for abused and/or neglected children by providing highly-trained volunteers to advocate for them in the court system of santa barbara county, california.”.
- The non-profit's state of operation has been legally reported as CA.
- According to the latest filing, the non-profit's address in 2020 is 2125 S BROADWAY 106, SANTA MARIA, CA, 93454.
- The non-profit's form for the year 2020 reports a total of 15 employees on their payroll.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$91,307.
- The CEO compensation policy within the organization is established through an impartial evaluation and approval.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 12 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1995.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $853,006 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $182,250 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has fundraising events.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.