It was reported that officials had been notified of suspicious actions of Phillip Garrido by neighbors, resulting in a home visit. Nothing out of the ordinary was detected, for the reason that the victim and her two children fathered by Garrido were living in an out-of-view compound behind his home.

One of the things that disturbed people who read the story was how something like this was allowed to fall through the cracks of the system. Not only was Jaycee Dugard robbed of her childhood, but there are other children who too, have suffered similar circumstances. Now as adults, they will never get back the innocence that was taken from them through no fault of their own.

Volunteer Organization Advocates for Kids Placed in Foster Care

It is heartening to know that there is a national organization striving to restore a part of the lost childhood for children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect or abandonment.

Because the Child Protective Services system is overburdened, welfare workers do not have the capacity to respond in depth to the increasing number of child abuse cases reported annually. Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is a program serving these children by training and supervising community volunteers to be the “child’s voice in court.” These advocates meet with the child once a week, providing emotional support, fun, stability and mentoring during this difficult period. They also insure that the court has all the information needed to provide the child with a safe, permanent home as soon as possible, whether it is by an adoption from a new family or a return to their own rehabilitated family.

CASA Endorsement from Judge Denine Guy

In the 2008 CASA Annual Report, Santa Cruz County CA Dependency Court Judge Denine Guy states, “The court values the unique role and perspective that CASAs bring to our dependency proceedings. The feedback and insight in these reports can’t be obtained from any other source, and they are seriously considered and valued. Thank you for all you do.”

CASA has been praised by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the American Bar Association as a model juvenile delinquency prevention program that represents the individual child’s best interests.

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