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(Click here for a printable PDF version of the 2009 Profile, as well National
CASA's 2009 State and Local Program Survey Reports,and some general
statistics about child abuse and neglect. You will also find the
archives for CASANYS' Local Program Profiles here.)
2009 Local Program ProfileRevised, June 16,2010
Each
year the National CASA Association surveys local CASA programs. The
information presented here was compiled from the responses of CASA
programs in New York State to the 2009 Annual Local Program Survey.
In 2009, twenty-two CASA programs in 36 New York State counties reported serving 3,765 children, with 895 volunteers contributing a total of 100,672 hours.
All
CASA programs in NYS operate under the Friend of Court model. The
oldest program (New York City CASA) began operation in 1979 and the
newest (CASA of Ontario County) in 2009.
Snapshots
of Typical CASA Program in New York State
Our
Volunteers
The
Children We Serve
Program
Staff Board Members
Funding
and Expenses
CASA's
Costs and Savings
6 Year CASA Program Snapshots*
*Umbrella Organization refers to local CASA program that is governed by a larger agency. For ex: Mental Health Association or Mediation Centers.
(Back to top of Profile)Our Volunteers
- Chart 1A represents a summary of volunteer education.
- Chart 1C represents ethnicity of all volunteers and new volunteers.
All Volunteers = 895; New Volunteers = 337.
- Chart 1E represents volunteer employment breakdown.
 - Six
programs reported that volunteers on average receive two cases at a
time. Fourteen programs reported assigning an average of one case
per volunteer, one program reported assigning an average of three cases
per volunteer and three programs averaged four or more cases per
volunteer.
- Programs reported that their volunteers serve anywhere from one-to-five children at one time.
- Volunteers
remain active with CASA programs for an average of 30 months. The
most commonly cited reasons for leaving are family, employment
concerns, and relocation.
The
Children We
Serve
- CASA
programs in New York State handled 3,236 cases in 2009, serving 3,765
children. 1,345 children were newly assigned to CASA. Of all
children, 3,386 (90%) were served by CASA volunteers and 318 (8%) were
served by program staff.
- The number of boys represented were 1,851 (49.9%) and the number of girls represented were 1,790 (48.9%).
- Chart 2A represents the breakdown of children’s ages.
- Chart 2B represents ethnicity of all children served and new children served. All Children = 3,765; New Children = 1,345.
- In 2009, 1,310 cases were closed. Chart 2C represents timeframe for case closure.
- Of the 1,310 children whose cases were closed, Chart 2D reflects reasons for case closures.
- Chart
3A represents staff who are previous volunteers. In 2009, the 22
CASA programs in New York State employed 38 full time and 33 part time
individuals for a total of 71 FTEs. Of the 71 full and part-time
staff members, nearly 25% have previously served as CASA volunteers.
- Chart 3B represents staff gender.
- Chart 3C represents staff ethnicity.
- Chart 3D represents staff education.
In cases where the CASA program is part of an umbrella agency, these figures
pertain only to the CASA program and not to the umbrella agency as a whole.
- Total
reported revenue for all 22 CASA programs in 2009 was over $3.5
million, ranging from a low of $47,196 to a high of $1,178,023.
The median was just under $79,000 and the mean was nearly
$160,000.
- Total
budgeted expenses for all programs was reported at approximately $5.2
million with a median of $84,782 and a mean of approximately $238,851.
- Five programs reported more revenue than in the previous year, fourteen reported less, and three reported no change.
- Based
on the Independent Sector’s 2008 calculation of $28.52 per hour for a
volunteer in New York State – a figure used to quantify volunteer
contributions – CASA volunteers’ equivalent in paid hours amounts to
over $3 million a year in donated time.
Download Local Program Profiles from our archives:
The
following three links will open new windows and take you to the site of
the New York State Kids Well-Being Indicators Clearinghouse (NYS
KWIC). This site gathers and disseminates data on an array
of indicators on both the state and the county level.
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