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CASA outlines shelter and prevention services; youth volunteer describes impact of programming
Summary
CASA presented its shelter, hotline and prevention services to the board, reported serving nearly 7,200 survivors and children last fiscal year, and described prevention education in six district schools. A Lecanto High School junior who volunteers with CASA described his personal experience and outreach to children affected by domestic violence.
Rain Herczyk, CEO of Citrus County CASA, presented the nonprofit’s shelter, hotline and prevention programs and asked the board to support prevention education in schools. Herczyk described the agency’s 24‑hour hotline, emergency safe home and outreach, and said the organization partnered with multiple community agencies to deliver prevention programming and supports.
Herczyk told the board that, in the most recent fiscal year covered in the presentation, CASA served nearly 7,200 survivors and their children…
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