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2010 statistics
· Children Served: Hall-Dawson CASA Program advocated for the troubled lives of 391 children.
· Gender: Of the 391 children, 191 were females and 200 males
· Age range: 152 children were under the age of 5; 95 children between ages 6-11 and 144 between the ages of 13-18.
· Race: 115 children were African American, 175 Caucasian, 68 Hispanic, and 32 multi-racial and 1 Asian.
Types of Deprivation (Abuse and Neglect of Children):
· Neglect: (lack of basic needs, supervision, medical, and educational neglect) 75%
· Physical Abuse: 6%
· Sexual Abuse: 4%
· Abandonment: 8%
· Substance Abuse by Parents: 70%
· 114 Children reached permanency in 2010
(reunited with family or by adoption)
· In 2010, 175 CASA Volunteers contributed 13,064hours
and drove 84,569miles to advocate for these innocent victims.
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