CASA of Portage County trains volunteers to advocate for children in the court system

Portage County Courthouse. Photo by Jon Ridinger

CASA of Portage County trains volunteers to advocate for children in the court system

- Maria McGinnis

The first ever class of volunteer courtroom advocates for Portage County children will be sworn in March 11 to support abused and neglected kids in the county’s Juvenile Court system.

The CASA program never existed in Portage County until now, said Ann Walden, executive director of CASA of Portage County, which stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates. Portage County is the 57th county in Ohio to get a CASA program and one of over 900 programs across the nation. 

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