Our Best-Interest Advocacy Model
CASA Volunteers are appointed by judges to advocate for children’s best interests. They stay with each case until it is closed and the child is in a safe, permanent home. We serve children from birth through age 18 until they age out of foster care by becoming an adult.
Volunteers work with legal and child welfare professionals, educators and service providers to ensure that judges have all the information they need to make the most well-informed decisions for each child.
Our best-interest advocacy is driven by the guiding principle that children grow and develop best with their family of origin, if that can be safely achieved. Many of the children we work with are in foster care, but some reside with their family of origin. Most of the children we serve who leave foster care do so to return to their family.
CASA Volunteer Requirements
Right now there is a child in your community who needs your help! You can be the difference, become a CASA volunteer! No special background or education is required to become a CASA volunteer. We encourage people from all cultures and professions, and of all ethnic and educational backgrounds.
CASA volunteers must be at least 21 years old and pass a background check. Once you apply, interview, and are accepted into the program, you will receive all necessary training in courtroom procedures, social services, the juvenile justice system and the special needs of abused and neglected children. This 30-40 hour training is required before being assigned a case. CASA volunteers also complete at least 12 hours of continuing education each year.
Fostering Futures Training
We host semi-annual Fostering Futures training sessions every six months for our current CASA volunteers. This training is geared towards CASA volunteers for teen-aged children - whether you are currently appointed to a case with youth ages 12-17 or you're interested in working with youth in this age range in the future.
Training focuses on the resources available to teens to help them become successful, independent adults in the future. In many cases, teens lose the resources available to them when their court cases close or when they age out of the foster system. This training can help prepare CASA volunteers and the youth they work with for the pivotal transition between youth and young adulthood.
2026 CASA Training Schedule
All trainings are held at the Harmony House 3105 E. Harmony Rd. Fort Collins
January: Saturdays 1/24, 1/31
March: M & W 3/2, 3/4, 3/9, 3/11
May: M & W 5/11, 5/13, 5/18, 5/20
July: M & W 7/13, 7/15, 7/20, 7/22
September: T & TH 9/1, 9/3, 9/8, 9/9
November: Saturdays 11/7, 11/14