Legislative Advocacy

The dependency system, state laws affecting foster children, and the state budget are ever changing and require constant input from Washington citizens. WaCASA, with the help of volunteers called ‘Legislative Partners,’ speaks up at the legislative level for children in foster care, bringing the needs of our children to law- and policymakers across the state.

About the Legislative Partners Program

WaCASA accepts new Legislative Partner volunteers on a year-round basis! For more information on becoming a Legislative Partner, email Julie at jdelano@wacasa.org.

Legislative Partners...

• Receive educational and informational emails that explain budgeting and lawmaking processes, and keeping them up-to-date with legislative changes.
• Are prompted and walked through contacting their legislators via phone, email, and/or in-person meetings to convey CASA's message to our state government.
• Provide representation to over 10,000 abused and neglected children at the state level.
  
• Are empowered to affect change in their state's government!
• Attend Advocacy Day - February 15th - a lobby day held annually in Olympia, where volunteers gather for a legislative seminar and to meet with their legislators.
  

Last year, over 200 legislative partners contacted lawmakers from their communities to talk about the work that CASA does for abused and neglected children.

There are several legislative districts still without a legislative partner. If you have stories about your experience as a CASA volunteer, please consider bringing your voice for children to the state legislature.