Welcome to Cochise County Council for CASA, Inc.
Working today to change tomorrow!
Working today to change tomorrow!
The CASA Council would like to encourage you to participate in the Arizona Tax Credit Program and to aid us in our mission.
Contributions made on or before the 15th day of the fourth month following the close of the taxable year may be applied to either the current or the preceding taxable year and are considered to have been made on the last day of that taxable year.
This individual income tax credit is available for contributions to Qualifying Foster Care Charitable Organizations. The tax credit is claimed on Form 352. The maximum credit allowed is $1,000 for married filing joint filers and $500 for single, heads of household, and married filing separate filers.
The Cochise County Council for CASA is both a 501(c)(3) organization and am Arizona Qualified Foster Care Organization code number 10039.
During the month of November, the CASA Council distributed 320 - #100.00 Gift Cards to children involved with the Department of Child Safety. The Gift Cards were delivered to the DCS Offices in these localities for distribution to the children for Christmas. The CASA Council wants each child to know someone cares.
* Sierra Vista 151 cards
* Benson 58 cards
* Douglas 60 cards
* Safford 51 cards (Covers both Graham and Greenlee Counties.
Your generous gift will help us fund our mission to help children in foster care. Together, we can make a difference.
For Arizona Qualified Foster Care Organizations contributions use code 10039
From July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021 (fiscal 2020), the CASA Council distributed over $107,000 directly to help children in foster care. We serve approximately 240 children who are in involved with the Department of Child Safety in Cochise County, Graham County and Greenlee County.
This was only possible because of the support we received from individual donations and the Southwest Gas Employees. It was your donations that made this all possible.
The money goes to provide such things as:
Computers/Software School Supplies
Clothing and food Summer Camps/Schools
Bedding and Beds Sports/Musical Equipment
In addition, we also provided support for the volunteers of the CASA Program.
A big Thank You do all our donors!
Funding requests will be considered on a case by case basis:
Please include the following information.
* Your relationship to the child
* A phone number where you can be reached
* Youth's family name
* County where DCS Involvement originated
* DCS Case Manager's name
* Nature of request
* Amount Requested
* If a gift card is needed, to which store.
We are a nonprofit organization focused on supporting the local CASA Program. We provide financial support for both the CASA Volunteers and directly to children in foster care.
501(c)(3) Qualified Foster Care Charity for Arizona Income Tax Credit
Are you passionate about what we're doing? Let us know! We are always looking for volunteers to help us make our vision a reality. We'll help you find a way to volunteer that best suits you. We're excited to have you join the team!
Whether you help through monetary donations, volunteering your time, or spreading our mission through word-of-mouth, thank you. We couldn't accomplish our goals without the help of supporters like you.
President:
Eric Petermann
Ph: 520-507-2693
Vice-President
Kevin Farrow
Tresurer
Anita Farrow
Secretary:
Sharon Buono