What is CASA?
CASA |'k?s? | n. 1. A Court Appointed Special Advocate is an unbiased and fierce protector of an abused or neglected child going through the trauma of the court system.
For an abused or neglected child, a CASA volunteer is someone who listens to the child, fights for the child, and whose sole mission is to help clear a path for the child out of the complex, overburdened child welfare system and into a safe, permanent home.?CASA volunteers are in a unique position to be the only professional in the courtroom not paid to be there and are only beholden to the children's best interests. We know that the CASA model works. Research has shown that a child with a CASA volunteer is half as likely to enter long-term foster care compared to a child without a CASA. And once that child leaves the system, he or she is much more likely to stay out of foster care. Permanently.
The mission of YES is to transform the lives of Yamhill County children through literacy and music enrichment. Books and music inspire the spirit and feed the soul. In partnership with the community and proven programs, YES provides access to inclusive literacy and music programs that help children dream more, learn more and be more. Current programs include:
Yamhill County Imagination Library - YCIL
Junior Orchestra of Yamhill County - JOY
Find out more about our annual food & wine fundraiser, Culinary Adventures in Oregon Wine Country - Bounty of Yamhill County !
4 reasons our new & improved fiber network is better:
• Capacity management. With network usage capped at just 40%, there’s plenty of bandwidth to spare when upgrades are necessary or individual components fail.
• Redundant core. Our core backbone is capable of 20+ TBps on all inter-city fiber routes, with fully redundant local aggregation networks & multiple fiber connections down to the hub site level.
• Best, fastest network.
• Regionally focused network. We’re local, with offices in Beaverton
