Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Piedmont CASA
Legal Name (if Different): Piedmont Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc.
Also Known As:
Mailing Address: 818 E. High Street
City: Charlottesville
State: Virginia
Postal Code: 22902
Main Phone: 4349717515
Main Fax: 4349713060
Organization Website: www.pcasa.org
Employer ID Number: 54-1704064
Organization Tax Status: Nonprofit

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/28/22
Requested Amount: $8,000

Project Title: Piedmont Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
Project Description:

Since June 2021, Piedmont CASA has served 170 children and in just the past two months 32 new cases have been referred to us. These children present with a wide variety of medical issues including PTSD, ADHD, autism, attachment issues, aortic stenosis, medication management, speech and language delays, substance-exposed premature infants, and broken teeth.

Without appropriate trauma-informed care, these children can grow up with some very high risks: long-term disease, unemployment, homelessness, crime, and surprise pregnancy that can lead right back into the cycle of abuse.

PCASA Volunteers actively promote the intervention young victims need. They are trained to understand the impact of trauma on the brain, and how it may affect behaviors. Research shows that children with CASA Volunteers do better in school, receive more medical support, and spend less time in foster care.

In FY23, the Juvenile & Domestic Relations Courts in the 16th District will continue to refer all their child abuse and neglect cases to Piedmont CASA – and we will continue to provide CASA Volunteers for each and every one of them. At year’s end, we expect that over 100 Volunteers will have served 200+ children and youth.
Volunteers have historically cut foster care stays by an average of 7.5 months, reducing child welfare costs to localities by about $24,375 per child. As a program, Piedmont CASA is unsurpassed in making use of our community’s most valuable asset, its citizens, who as Volunteers donate their time and skill in service to abused and neglected children.

We are submitting this $8,000 request to the Hermanowski Foundation to help ensure that we can sustain our organizational capacity to support and supervise our staff and Volunteers so that they can continue to be effective advocates and mentors for our children and youth during this incredibly stressful and challenging time.

Total Project Budget: $706,183

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Committed Funding for FY 2023 includes DCJS (Department of Criminal Justice Services), VOCA (Victims of Crime Act), Albemarle County, the City of Charlottesville, and the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation. Pending funding includes Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band, Inez Duff Bishop Charitable Trust, and the E. C. Wareheim Foundation. Individual donations compose approximately 40% of our funding. Our event, a Bracket Breakfast, contributes another 4%.

Project Duration: 7/1/22 – 6/30/23
Geographical Area Served: Charlottesville City, Counties of Albemarle, Greene, and Louisa
Age Group To Be Served: Newborn to 21

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Kate
Contact Last Name: Duvall
Contact Title: President
Contact Phone: 434-971-7515
Contact Email: kduvall@pcasa.org