"My Experience In Foster Care..."

The Foster Care System
​My experience in care was not a breeze. I had a very hard time in care. My case workers were not engaging like how they were supposed to. They put me on all types of body harming medications and forced me to take them. They stuck me in placements and didn't contact me for months.

My CASA
The Court assigned me a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) worker and that was the best thing that could have happened for me. I gave her a hard time at first, but she broke me. I love her for not giving up on me. I'm now out of care and my CASA isn't my CASA exactly, but she is still like my CASA. She is helping me learn how to drive and helping me get my driver's license. She still keeps in contact with me as well as helping me become the best adult I can be.
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Previous Youth In Foster Care
Becoming a Savannah CASA allows for seeds to be planted within a child that will remain with them for a lifetime. As our writer noted, being assigned a CASA was the best thing that could have happened. If you are ever looking for a "why", it is our hope that this story from one of our previous CASA kids inspires you. To volunteer, visit: brightsideadvocacy.org/volunteer