{"id":46814,"date":"2026-11-02T09:56:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/texascasa.org\/?p=46814"},"modified":"2026-11-02T09:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:58:49","slug":"the-power-of-showing-up-texas-casa-on-great-day-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texascasa.org\/es\/2026\/11\/02\/the-power-of-showing-up-texas-casa-on-great-day-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas CASA on Great Day Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does it mean to be a consistent, caring adult in a child\u2019s life? \"\ud83d\udc99\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a recent appearance on Great Day Houston<\/a>, Texas CASA CEO Vicki Spriggs and AD Tincopa, a CASA volunteer and Texas CASA\u2019s Public Policy Specialist, shared why CASA volunteers make such a meaningful difference for children in foster care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before becoming a CASA volunteer herself, AD saw firsthand how children\u2019s body language changed when their CASA volunteer walked into the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe second that CASA volunteer would enter the room, I could see a child just become so comfortable. This is the one person in that really tumultuous time in the child welfare system who is consistent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the power of showing up. CASA volunteers build relationships, listen to children, connect with the people in their lives, and advocate for their best interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approximately 10,000 children in Texas foster care are still waiting for a CASA volunteer. You don\u2019t have to be a child welfare expert to make a difference. You just need to be willing to learn, show up consistently, and speak up for a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\ud83d\udcfa\" Watch the full conversation at https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pc4FyxFqhSM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\ud83d\udc49\" Learn how you can become a CASA volunteer at BecomeACASA.org.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What does it mean to be a consistent, caring adult in a child\u2019s life? During a recent appearance on Great Day Houston, Texas CASA CEO Vicki Spriggs and AD Tincopa, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":46818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_gspb_post_css":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,91],"tags":[],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-46814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casa-voice","category-news-updates"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":89,"label":"The CASA Voice"},{"value":91,"label":"News & Updates"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/texascasa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fffn-1024x1024.png",1024,1024,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Kelly Clarke","author_link":"https:\/\/texascasa.org\/es\/author\/kclarke\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":89,"name":"The CASA Voice","slug":"casa-voice","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":89,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":119,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":89,"category_count":119,"category_description":"","cat_name":"The CASA Voice","category_nicename":"casa-voice","category_parent":0},{"term_id":91,"name":"News & Updates","slug":"news-updates","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":91,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":49,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":91,"category_count":49,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News & Updates","category_nicename":"news-updates","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/texascasa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/texascasa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/texascasa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texascasa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texascasa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46814"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/texascasa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46820,"href":"https:\/\/texascasa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46814\/revisions\/46820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texascasa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/texascasa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texascasa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texascasa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46814"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/texascasa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=46814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wordpress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}