{"id":125750,"date":"2026-01-08T22:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/125750\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T22:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:36:17","slug":"casa-of-kern-county-hopes-to-expand-support-for-children-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/125750\/","title":{"rendered":"CASA of Kern County hopes to expand support for children in need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A local organization is working to make sure children in Kern County are receiving the care and support they need.<\/p>\n<p>Court Appointed Special Advocated of Kern County, or CASA, are dedicated volunteers who speak up for the best interests of abused or neglected children in the juvenile court system.<\/p>\n<p>CASA ensured that every child has a safe, stable, and permanent home by providing consistent support and advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>As 2026 begins, CASA is setting new goals to expand volunteer support and raise community awareness so they can help more children in need.<\/p>\n<p>CASA Executive Director Ashley Vorhees joined ARC Bakersfield to share more about their mission.<\/p>\n<p>Vorhees noted that CASA is currently serving around 175 children in need with a goal of increasing their outreach in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>More information about CASA can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/kerncasa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">kerncasa.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A local organization is working to make sure children in Kern County are receiving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-125750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}