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CASA Staff members wearing blue t-shirts in front of the CASA house outdoor mural

CASA Staff on Wear Blue Day 2024 for Child Abuse Awareness Month.

Angie Blumel
President and CEO
816-984-8208
ABlumel@CASAKC.org

Katie Wiehl
Director of Legal Services
816-984-8224
KWiehl@CASAKC.org">KWiehl@CASAKC.org

Laura Williams
Director of Volunteer Services
816-984-8218
LWilliams@CASAKC.org">LWilliams@CASAKC.org

Tahir Atwater
Director of Development
816-984-8204
TAtwater@CASAKC.org">TAtwater@CASAKC.org

Rachelle Kiesling
Director of Administrative Services
816-984-8219
RKiesling@CASAKC.org">RKiesling@CASAKC.org

Courtney Forkum
Director, Major Gifts, Chiefs Charity Game
cell:918-533-1731
CForkum@CASAKC.org

Barb Walters
Director of Finance
816-984-8207
BWalters@CASAKC.org">BWalters@CASAKC.org

Louise Baker
Case Engagement Specialist
816-984-8209
LBaker@CASAKC.org">LBaker@CASAKC.org

Kandi Bond
Older Youth Progam Manager
816-984-8201
KBond@jacksoncountycasa-mo.org">KBond@CASAKC.org

Shambria Dale
Advocate Supervisor
816-984-8210
SDale@CASAKC.org

Brittney Dennis
Program Support Specialist 
816-842-7788
BDennis@CASAKC.org">BDennis@CASAKC.org

Westy Gilbert
Advocate Supervisor
816-984-8211
WGilbert@CASKC.org">WGilbert@CASAKC.org

Sarah Ginther
Manager of Guardians ad Litem
816-389-8029
SGinther@CASAKC.org">SGinther@CASAKC.org

Tiana Griffin
CASA Pro Bono Attorney Program Manager
816-984-8223
TGriffin@CASAKC.org">TGriffin@CASAKC.org

Jorden Hale
Manager of Advocate Supervisors
816-984-8883
JHale@CASAKC.org">JHale@CASAKC.org

Robin Hansen
Manager of Specialists (Permanency)
816-984-8205
RHansen@CASAKC.org">RHansen@CASAKC.org

Jill Hedge
Program Support Specialist
816-984-8231
JHedge@CASAKC.org">JHedge@CASAKC.org

Anika Hickman
Guardian ad Litem
816-984-8212
AHickman@CASAKC.org">AHickman@CASAKC.org

Hailey Holder
Manager of Human Resources
816-984-8213
HHolder@CASAKC.org">HHolder@CASAKC.org

Sarah Hollenbeck
Advocate Supervisor
816-984-8203
SHollenbeck@CASAKC.org">Shollenbeck@CASAKC.org

Ted Houdek
Guardian ad Litem
816–984-8234
THoudek@CASAKC.org">THoudek@CASAKC.org

Ashley Huggans
Manager of Volunteer Recruitment and Community Engagement
816-984-8232
AHuggans@CASAKC.org">AHuggans@CASAKC.org

Jackie Jarvis
Advocate Supervisor
816-984-8884
JJarvis@CASAKC.org">JJarvis@CASAKC.org

Misbah Karamali
Guardian ad Litem
816-984-8236
MKaramali@CASAKC.org">MKaramali@CASAKC.org

Jessica Kerrigan
Manager of Communications & Marketing
816-984-8220
JKerrigan@CASAKC.org">JKerrigan@CASAKC.org

Lara Klover
Manager of Special Events
816-984-8202
LKlover@CASAKC.org">LKlover@CASAKC.org

Judith Lawson
Guardian ad Litem
816-389-8025
JLawson@CASAKC.org">JLawson@CASAKC.org

Lisa Martin
Manager of Training
816-984-8230
LMartin@CASAKC.org">LMartin@CASAKC.org

Meredith Mazza
Manager of Guardians ad Litem
816-984-8243
MMazza@CASAKC.org">MMazza@CASAKC.org

Sommari T. Muwwakkil II (He/Him)
Guardian Ad Litem
(816)-984-8214
smuwwakkil@CASAKC.org">smuwwakkil@CASAKC.org

Casey Rahm
Manager of Advocate Supervisors
816-984-8206
CRahm@CASAKC.org">CRahm@CASAKC.org

Whitney Reed
Manager of Advocate Supervisors
816-984-8217
WReed@CASAKC.org">WReed@CASAKC.org

Janessa Riehle
Advocate Supervisor
816-984-8215
JRiehle@CASAKC.org">JRiehle@CASAKC.org

Kenisha Sanderson
Guardian ad Litem
816-389-8026
KSanderson@CASAKC.org">KSanderson@CASAKC.org

Kara Strickler
Volunteer Specialist
816-389-8028
KStrickler@CASAKC.org">KStrickler@CASAKC.org

Johnna Thatcher
Case Engagement Specialist
816-984-8216
JThatcher@CASAKC.org">JThatcher@CASAKC.org

Keyana Winston
Administrative Coordinator
816-984-8227
KWinston@CASAKC.org

Our Impact in 2023

  • Children Helped

    986

  • Volunteer Hours

    29,718

  • Active Volunteers

    353

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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

  1. What Information Do We Collect? When you visit our website you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and website use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our website.
  2. Personal Information You Choose to Provide We may request that you voluntarily supply us with personal information, including your email address, postal address, home or work telephone number and other personal information for such purposes as correspondence, placing an order, requesting an estimate, or participating in online surveys. If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.
  3. Website Use Information Similar to other websites, our site may utilize a standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") and web server logs to collect information about how our website is used. Information gathered through cookies and server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our website, and the sites visited just before and just after ours. This information is collected on an aggregate basis. None of this information is associated with you as an individual.
  4. How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us? Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing service and support and making available other products and services to our customers and prospective customers. Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our website, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable. The lists used to send you product and service offers are developed and managed under our traditional standards designed to safeguard the security and privacy of all personal information provided by our users. You may at any time to notify us of your desire not to receive these offers.
  5. What Are Cookies? Cookies are a feature of web browser software that allows web servers to recognize the computer used to access a website. Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored by a user's web browser on the user's hard drive. Cookies can remember what information a user accesses on one web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that website by the same user or to use the information to streamline the user's transactions on related web pages. This makes it easier for a user to move from web page to web page and to complete commercial transactions over the Internet. Cookies should make your online experience easier and more personalized.
  6. How Do We Use Information Collected From Cookies? We use website browser software tools such as cookies and web server logs to gather information about our website users' browsing activities, in order to constantly improve our website and better serve our users. This information assists us to design and arrange our web pages in the most user-friendly manner and to continually improve our website to better meet the needs of our users and prospective users. Cookies help us collect important business and technical statistics. The information in the cookies lets us trace the paths followed by users to our website as they move from one page to another. Web server logs allow us to count how many people visit our website and evaluate our website's visitor capacity. We do not use these technologies to capture your individual email address or any personally identifying information about you.
  7. Notice of New Services and Changes Occasionally, we may use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our website, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable. As a user of our website, you will be given the opportunity to notify us of your desire not to receive these offers by clicking on a response box when you receive such an offer or by sending us an email request.
  8. How Do We Secure Information Transmissions? When you send confidential personal information to us on our website, a secure server software which we have licensed encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us. The information is scrambled en route and decoded once it reaches our website. Other email that you may send to us may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures will be in place prior to your transmitting the information. For that reason, we ask that you do not send confidential information such as Social Security, credit card, or account numbers to us through an unsecured email.
  9. How Do We Protect Your Information? Information Security -- We utilize encryption/security software to safeguard the confidentiality of personal information we collect from unauthorized access or disclosure and accidental loss, alteration or destruction. Evaluation of Information Protection Practices -- Periodically, our operations and business practices are reviewed for compliance with organization policies and procedures governing the security, confidentiality and quality of our information. Employee Access, Training and Expectations -- Our organization values, ethical standards, policies and practices are committed to the protection of user information. In general, our business practices limit employee access to confidential information, and limit the use and disclosure of such information to authorized persons, processes and transactions.
  10. How Can You Access and Correct Your Information? You may request access to all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain in our database by emailing us using the contact form provided to you within the site structure of our website.
  11. Do We Disclose Information to Outside Parties? We may provide aggregate information about our customers, sales, website traffic patterns and related website information to our affiliates or reputable third parties, but this information will not include personally identifying data, except as otherwise provided in this privacy policy.
  12. What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information? We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.
  13. Permission to Use of Materials The right to download and store or output the materials in our website is granted for the user's personal use only, and materials may not be reproduced in any edited form. Any other reproduction, transmission, performance, display or editing of these materials by any means mechanical or electronic without our express written permission is strictly prohibited. Users wishing to obtain permission to reprint or reproduce any materials appearing on this site may contact us directly.
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Terms & Conditions

Donation Refund Policy

We are grateful for your donation and support of our organization. If you have made an error in making your donation or change your mind about contributing to our organization please contact us. Refunds are returned using the original method of payment. If you made your donation by credit card, your refund will be credited to that same credit card.

Automated Recurring Donation Cancellation

Ongoing support is important to enabling projects to continue their work, so we encourage donors to continue to contribute to projects over time. But if you must cancel your recurring donation, please notify us.

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