Connecticut CASA

08/12/2026

We're grateful to The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven for awarding us a 2-year grant of $55,000 to help the CASA movement for children to continue growing statewide!

The Foundation is among our valued Partners:
https://www.connecticutcasa.org/our-work/partners.html

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven Claire's Corner Copia Yale University NewAlliance Foundation LindyLee Gold The Wine Thief

We rely on a mix of public dollars, foundation grants, and donors.
If you would like to learn how you can be an advocate for children, visit: https://www.connecticutcasa.org/how-you.../ways-to-help.html

08/12/2026

CT CASA's "Voices of Experience" event during Foster Care Month, 5/21/26.
Tawanna Brown on the importance of CASA volunteers such as those she and her siblings had growing up.

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of New Jersey National CASA / GAL Association for Children SUN Scholars Inc.

07/17/2026

The CASA movement for children relies not only on our volunteer Advocates but also on various partners. Among our new partnerships is one with Cake4Kids Connecticut, whose own volunteers bake and donate customized birthday cakes.
Here, Connecticut CASA volunteer Martha Luther receives a cake baked by Michaela (instagram: ) --thanks, Martha and Michaela!

If you would like to learn how you can be an advocate for children, visit: https://www.connecticutcasa.org/how-you-can-help/ways-to-help.html

07/07/2026

Learn more about our work through TV & radio interviews with Connecticut CASA volunteer Advocate David Kinahan & Board member Lauren Messner:
iHeartRadio/iHeartMedia with Amanda Jo Parker
--> https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1211-community-access-26936016/episode/connecticut-casa-337699367

WFSB TV with Renee DiNino
--> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0WZHbnY-Gk

(Both interviews were conducted during the Travelers Championship, when the Connecticut CASA movement for children was among the beneficiary organizations.)

cc: iHeartRadio iHeartMedia Inc. Travelers Insurance WFSB - Channel 3 Eyewitness News

07/07/2026

Connecticut CASA is happy to announce we have been chosen as a Target Circle nonprofit participant. If you have a Target Circle account, you can use your circle voting points to vote for Connecticut CASA as a local nonprofit in your community for Target to support!

https://www.target.com/circle/community-voting/

07/03/2026

We are grateful to CASA volunteer Advocates every day, for their service in this movement on behalf of children across Connecticut. Thanks to all! We gathered in Norwalk & Hamden among other places, to recognize our volunteers & also the professional staff who help prepare & supervise their dedicated advocacy.

If you would like to learn how you can be an advocate for children, visit our website: https://www.connecticutcasa.org/how-you.../ways-to-help.html

06/28/2026

Connecticut CASA Advocate David Kinahan was interviewed by Renee DiNino at Travelers Golf Tournament about Connecticut CASA. There’s still time to support this great organization through Birdies for a Cause and make a real impact on the lives of children in foster care.

Renee DiNino chats with CT CASA at The Travelers Championship about Birdies for Charity!!! Connecticut Court Appointed Special Advocates Please visit www.travelerschampionship.cpm and click on the birdies icon!

06/16/2026

A huge THANK YOU to Randye Kaye and WSHU Public Radio, as well as to CT CASA Board member (and foster parent) Sarah Weingarten and her foster daughter ("Lily").

https://www.wshu.org/podcast/good-at-heart/2026-06-09/advocating-for-children-in-foster-care

Children in foster care need consistency and support. Good at Heart speaks with Connecticut CASA leaders and a foster family about making a difference.

06/15/2026

Connecticut CASA is proud to participate in the 2026 Travelers Championship Birdies for Charity program! Now through June 28, every donation made through our official tournament link receives a 15% bonus. That means your gift goes even further to support trained volunteer advocates who stand beside children navigating Connecticut’s foster care system. Help us make a 115% impact today: https://app.partnerhq.com/public/e/2026-travelers-championship-birdies-for-charity/f/nonprofits/246