OAKHURST – Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children of Monmouth County has announced that they’ve moved their office to a new location in Oakhurst.
The new headquarters is now larger and more centrally located. Their new office is located at 1806 State Highway 35, Suite 302, Oakhurst, NJ 07755.
CASA consists of highly trained volunteers from the community who work with children in the child welfare system who have been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect. CASA states that their volunteers are “assigned to the foster children by a family court judge to ‘be
their voice’ in court to ensure the children’s needs are being met and to work towards a permanent, safe home. CASA remains fully operational to ensure these children do not fall through the cracks of the child welfare system.”
“As we continue to grow and train new advocates each year, our office space is always a hub of activity and support,” Executive Director of CASA of Monmouth, Cindi Van Brunt said. “It is exciting to think that we might one day soon, be able to welcome volunteers back into our
offices and this new location will be ideal for our team to work with the community advocates to ultimately help the foster children they serve find loving, permanent homes.”
CASA of Monmouth plans to use their new Oakhurst location to train new advocates who will work with the county’s foster children. With the COVID-19 pandemic restricting them from doing in-person training, the program staff have been conducting its second virtual training session for the newest group of volunteer advocates.
CASA of Monmouth states that their goal is to ensure that all abused and neglected children in foster care have a CASA as the children navigate their way through the New Jersey Family Court system.
For more information on volunteering or sponsoring a wish list in the future, call the offices at 732-460-9100 or visit casaofmonmouth.org.
