Ohio CASA Executive Director Doug Stephens talks to Court News Ohio about how the opioid epidemic is driving a growing need for CASA volunteers.

The Ohio CASA/GAL Association proudly announces the LAUNCH of the 2017 Celebrate Kids! Conference program. This September, come experience exciting new workshops, dynamic speakers and a camaraderie that unites you with fellow CASAs and Read More

Kristen LePrevost was met with a standing ovation for sharing her story about Malachai, a young boy who was born with a rare congential disorder.

The message last week at the Statehouse was loud and clear: Children in every Ohio county need CASA volunteers.

As co-hosts of Ohio CASA’s 2017 CASA Day in Ohio event, Representatives Jeffery S. Rezabek (far left) and J. Kyle Koehler will lead the ceremony for the second year running. The two will share the stage with public officials and private citizens to spread the word about court appointed special advocate volunteers and their value to their communities.

Best-selling author and Ohio native J.D. Vance was a speaker today at the NCASAA conference in Seattle.

Ohio CASA Executive Director Doug Stephens introduced J.D., whose book, Hillbilly Elegy, paints an intimate, poignant and sometimes-disturbing look at his childhood in Middletown.

More than half of young babies with suspicious injuries are taken to emergency departments at hospitals for adults. Recently released protocols for the professionals examining those infants are aimed at protecting the infants from possible future abuse.

Ron Luce explains that the underlying cause of an alcohol or drug addiction is frequently some kind of trauma. “Really, when you get down to the bottom of what’s going on, it’s not about the drugs or the alcohol,” he says.

Henry County CASA is seeking a full-time director to lead and manage all aspects of the agency.

Some innovative thinking has led to the provision of CASA services in a southeastern Ohio county with help from a  program from another state.