BY Scott Miller | January 18, 2021
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Representatives of several organizations and agencies that work with children needing foster families are campaigning to reverse a trend of more kids being placed in homes away from familiar surroundings.
CASA of Scotts Bluff County Volunteer Coordinator Missi Iasillo says for example, 48 of the 102 children involved in abuse and neglect cases in the county had to be placed in with homes outside of the county.
Iasillo tells KNEB News when that happens, children lose a lot of what would help them get through those situations. “As for a CASA volunteer, we can’t really assign them to these kids that are too far away to travel and see and advocate for them, so right there they lose a CASA volunteer,” said Iasillo. “Also, if there’s not a foster family in the county, that means these children have to be moved away