by CASA | Aug 31, 2022 | Stories
Before his 5th birthday, Parker’s birth father had been incarcerated, and his mom, pregnant with his sister Eliza, was living with a new boyfriend who was physically abusive. At 8-months pregnant, mom tested positive for meth and Parker tested positive for...
by CASA | Aug 31, 2022 | Stories
Rita had not yet reached her teenage years when her father overdosed in front of her. While he survived, child protective services removed Rita from his care and placed her with her aunt and uncle in Billings. Rita’s mother was halfway across the county, serving...
by CASA | Jul 15, 2015 | CASA Headlines
If Angela Campbell could have selected her successor to lead CASA of Yellowstone County, that person would have been a lot like Cass Staton. Beginning Monday and after her hiring by the agency’s board of directors, Staton, 29, is set to become executive director of...
by CASA | Jun 30, 2015 | CASA Headlines, Home
It’s been a tough year for children in Yellowstone County. This year marks the greatest number of children to enter the court system ever, and the most startling increase of about 27 percent can be found in Yellowstone County. “Now in 2015, we’re...
by CASA | Mar 12, 2015 | CASA Headlines
92 abuse/neglect cases During January and February alone, the Yellowstone County Attorney’s Office filed civil cases involving 92 children who had been abused or neglected. The office filed 183 civil abuse/neglect cases in all of 2014. “When we have a two-month spike...
