Facts & Statistics

• More than 510,000 children are in foster care in the US. More than 10,000 children are in foster care in Missouri. And, more than 1,000 children are in foster care in St. Louis County.
• The average length of time a child lives in foster care in St. Louis County is 27 months.
• CASA volunteers range in age – ours are from 21 to 77 years old.
• We are a nonprofit with twelve full-time and one part-time staff members. We maintain quality standards by allowing each case supervisor to oversee a maximum of 30 CASA volunteers.