CASA of Leavenworth recruits and trains volunteers who want to help their community's children. They serve as tools for judges and work as appointed officers of the court alongside attorneys and social workers. CASA volunteers are assigned court cases by the Juvenile Judge and are assigned only one or two cases at a time. Once appointed, they gather information, review printed records and reports, interview parents, therapists, teachers, neighbors, and most significantly, the children. They are independent, objective observers and attend all court hearings related to their child's case. They make written reports to the court, make recommendations to the judge and may be called upon to testify on the child's behalf. Their primary duty is to become "a voice" for the child or children to whom they are assigned and speak to the "best interest" of the child based on their investigation and fact gathering and primarily with their association with the child. Most of the children are victims of child abuse or neglect. CASAs can also be assigned to Juvenile Offenders and serve in the same way as with younger children. If court ordered, CASAs also provide supervised visitation for families in the court system. CASA programs in Kansas are certified by the Office of Judicial Administration in Topeka and all volunteers who are recruited are thoroughly screened and trained by the local CASA office and after meeting all criteria, are certified as CASA volunteers in Kansas. Volunteers continue to receive training throughout the year. Volunteers also carefully monitor existing court orders in each case.