<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3c.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><HEAD><TITLE>CASA Mobile History</TITLE> <META content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv=Content-Type> <STYLE type=text/css> <!-- body { background: #FFFFFF; margin: 0 padding: 0; color: #036; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; } /* ~~ Element/tag selectors ~~ */ ul, ol, dl { /* Due to variations between browsers, it's best practices to zero padding and margin on lists. For consistency, you can either specify the amounts you want here, or on the list items (LI, DT, DD) they contain. 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These concerned citizens gained the support of the juvenile court judges for the development of CASA Mobile. The National organization provided a start-up grant which funded the program for the first two years, and in November of 1997 the first group of volunteers was sworn-in.</p> <p>In 1998, the Mobile program was one of the lucky few that received an expansion grant which funded operations for two more years. The National CASA's policy is to provided "seed" money to start local programs that then become self sufficient. </p> <p>Currently, CASA Mobile, Inc. relies solely on public contributions, grants, and local fundraising.</p><H3 align="left"> CASA's Beginnings</H3></p> <p>In 1976, Superior Court Judge David Soukup of Seattle, Washington saw a recurring problem in his court. He was often unsure of whether he was getting unbiased information that would allow him to make the best decision possible for children involved in dependency cases. To ensure he was getting all the facts Soukup came up with an idea that would change America's judicial procedure and the lives of thousands of children. He obtained funding to recruit and train community volunteers to step into the courtrooms on behalf of the children. This unique concept was implemented in Seattle as a pilot program in January 1977. During that first year, the program provided 110 trained CASA volunteers for 498 children in 376 dependency cases and it ensured that Judge Soukup received the unbiased information needed to make decisions that were in the best interests of the children. </p> <p>For more of the <a href="http://www.casaforchildren.org/site/c.mtJSJ7MPIsE/b.5301303/k.9C51/The_CASA_Story.htm" target="_blank">CASA Story</a> visit the National CASA site.</p>