The Morris brothers spent three years in foster care and had begun making plans to age out of foster care. But their Dallas CASA volunteer advocate Chris wouldn’t give up on the dream of a permanent family for the Morris boys.
Dallas CASA Volunteer Goes the Extra Mile
Dallas CASA volunteer Mark Barbaree recently went the extra mile – or miles – for a teenager he’s advocating for. The child was on runaway status from a foster home, and Mark traveled to East Texas and spent hours looking for the teenager. For Mark, this was all in a day’s work.
Parade of Playhouses House Honors Autism Awareness
When Kimley-Horn sat down to dream up a playhouse for Dallas CASA’s 2019 Parade of Playhouses, they kept coming back to a theme: inclusion and unity.
Shared Dallas CASA Advocacy Unites Couple
For Cristina and Michael Swartz, sharing a Dallas CASA case was the plan from the start. Married three years and each with busy full-time jobs, the pair thought sharing a case would help with scheduling. They didn’t realize how valuable the emotional support would be.
Former Dallas CASA Volunteer Now a State Legislator
Former Dallas CASA volunteer Julie Johnson is pursuing a new type of advocacy as a first-time Texas state legislator serving in the Texas House of Representatives. She says her experience as an advocate has served her well already.
