We are thrilled to announce our newest collaboration with CASA!

Yesterday, we officially kicked off a four-year collaboration and  $262,551 investment with  CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocates.  Must! charities will come along side CASA with financial & business expertise that will allow them to have a greater impact in the region where it is needed most.  The goal is to address the current needs of the North County through a four-year recruitment and training plan.
 
Currently there are 460 youth in the jurisdiction of the court countywide and 180 of those are from the northern region of SLO County.  At this point, CASA has the capacity to serve 60 of these children, with 120 remaining on the waitlist.
 
CASA has identified the need to focus volunteer recruitment efforts and assignment of volunteers to children in the North County. Not only are a significant number of children from the North County under the court’s jurisdiction, but a large number of the county’s long-term foster placement sites are also in the North County.

must! charities and CASA have been working together for the past year towards a plan that is realistic & sustainable.  For more information about the collaboration click here.

A HUGE thank you to all of must! partners & donors. This project launch was driven by a collaboration of friends and business owners who are dedicated to improving quality of life in San Luis Obispo's North County through empowering organizations (such as CASA) to make strategic change that creates long-term, philanthropic, sustainable transformation in our region. If you would like to be a part of this project click here to make a donation on-line.