Becoming a child’s voice: Child advocates make sure kids don’t fall through the cracks

By Kim Hilsenbeck

Over the past 12-13 years, Tracy McGinty has helped children in Texas by becoming a court-appointed special advocate (CASA). Though a volunteer, it’s been like a second career for McGinty, who moved to Kyle about six years ago.

Following retirement from the El Paso Fire Department where he was an assistant chief, he headed east.