The Orange County Social Services Agency (SSA) will soon be requesting proposals to provide, as part of the Child Abuse Services Team (CAST), a Volunteer Advocacy Services Program (VASP) for children, birth to eighteen (18) years of age, who are alleged victims of sexual abuse, severe physical abuse or other special circumstances.
The goals of CAST are to reduce the number of interviews a child must experience, limit the number of investigations, provide a VASP child volunteer advocate to work with the victim and family if appropriate, provide crisis intervention and referral for long-term therapy, and protect the victim.
The VASP provider is responsible for recruiting, screening, hiring, training and supervising culturally and linguistically responsive volunteers and/or student interns who will support the children referred to the CAST program, as well as marketing and fundraising activities for VASP.
