• According to the NJ Administrative Office of the Courts nearly 14,000 children in New Jersey lived in out-of-home placements in fiscal year 2010.

• More than 1,000 children i n Mercer and Burlington Counties, each year pass through the foster care system because of abuse, neglect or abandonment.

Their cases are brought to court before a Family Court Judge who sometimes has only a few minutes to make critical life-altering decisions about their future. Family Court Judge needs accurate and up-to-date information to make the right decision for a foster child. That’s where CASA steps in.