Douglas County CASA, Inc.
Mission
We recruit, train, and support volunteers who advocate for the best interest of children who have experienced abuse and neglect and are under the protection of the court system in Douglas County, Kansas. Our Vision: All children in Douglas County, Kansas live in safe, nurturing, and permanent homes.
Ruling year
1991
Executive Director
Erick Vaughn
Main address
1009 New Hampshire Street Suites A & B
Lawrence, KS 66044 USA
EIN
48-1104657
NTEE code
Single Organization Support (R11)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We are working to grow our organization (double in size) to be able to serve every child in the child welfare system from Douglas County, Kansas over the next 3 years (by 2024). While we do that we are: - Targeting recruitment of volunteer from underrepresented (in our organization and overrepresented in the child welfare population) populations (men, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+) - Adding new volunteer positions to engage other skilled volunteers in accomplishing our mission - Increasing awareness and development work targeted at new audiences and communities
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Advocacy for abused and neglected children
We recruit, train, and support specially trained volunteers to advocate for the best interests of children who have been abused and neglected and are in state protective custody. Most of these children reside in foster care. Our agency also assists these children with special needs that include shoes, clothing, extracurricular and summer activities, holiday gifts, school supplies, and more.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Member of National CASA Association 2022
Member of Kansas CASA Association 2022
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of youth service participants who have involvement in juvenile justice system
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Advocacy for abused and neglected children
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of youth who have a positive adult role model
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Advocacy for abused and neglected children
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of youth who exit foster care at age 18
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Advocacy for abused and neglected children
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Context Notes
At age of 18, children may request that their case close. This is normally something that is contrary to the recommendation of the child welfare system, the court, and CASA.
Number of children in foster care who have stable placements
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Advocacy for abused and neglected children
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We define this as the same placement for the entire year (or reintegrated home).
Number of children living away from home who have had no more than 3 placements
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Advocacy for abused and neglected children
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Number of youth who re-enter foster care
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Advocacy for abused and neglected children
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of children served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Advocacy for abused and neglected children
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of children placed in foster homes
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Advocacy for abused and neglected children
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Number of children who were place in a foster home during the year.
Number of foster care children placed with a family that were formally adopted
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Advocacy for abused and neglected children
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Adoptions mean that the child has found a safe and permanent home, however that is not reintegration with their family of origin.
Number of participants who do not become involved in the juvenile justice system
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of returning volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Advocacy for abused and neglected children
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total number of volunteer hours contributed to the organization
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Advocacy for abused and neglected children
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of children who have had one volunteer the entirety of the case.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
To be able to assign a CASA volunteer to and serve every child from Douglas County, Kansas who has experienced abuse and neglect.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
- Increased and targeted awareness activities
- Increased and targeted volunteer recruitment activities
- Increased donor identification, cultivation, and solicitation
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have just hired a new Recruitment & Training Coordinator to help coordinate the recruitment and training of new volunteers.
We have a Development Coordinator who is responsible for coordinating the development & fundraising activities.
They both work closely and coordinated with the Executive Director on all the awareness activities.
We were blessed by a bequest to have funds to invest in development consultation, social media and marketing consultation and services.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We now have a more targeted recruitment plan in place and it is more easily updated as opportunities are identified.
We have 2 of the goal of 12 new volunteer recruiters started.
We have just reached (and exceeded our first quarter income goal of $100,000 (we secured $150,000).
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Douglas County CASA, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 05/03/2022
Michael Steinle
Loretta Severin
Ross & Baruzzini
Term: 2022 - 2024
Jessica Pryor
CRUNCH Fitness
Loretta Severin
University of Kansas Center for Public Partnerships and Research
Jennifer Adhima
Kansas Head Start Associationnter- Project Eagle
Ashley Coles
University of Kansas
Gina Spade
Broadband Legal Services
Michael Steinle
Ross & Baruzzini
Marc White
The Law Office of Marc A. White P.A.
Katy Price
BOK Financial
Marsha Griggs
Washburn University
Audra Fussell
Truity
Kurt Goeser
Kurt J. Goeser Insurance Agency, Inc.
Bill Brady
Capitol Strategies, LLC
Chris Chartrand
BlueCross BlueShield Of Kansas
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
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