Join fellow Missouri CASA volunteers and staff as we advocate for the kiddos we serve at the legislative level. More info. coming soon!

Join Angie Morris at the Union CASA office for her quarterly Fostering Futures Recap on Wednesday, 4/12/23 at 6PM. RSVP to Angie@casamideastmo.org by 4/7/23.

What Are CASA Coffees & Why Should You Attend? It’s a chance to network & stay connected with your fellow CASA volunteers & the staff. Earn in-service hours. For current CASA volunteers (both with or between active cases). 2nd Friday of every month from 8-9AM. Held at each CASA office (Hermann, Owensville, and Union) Hermann… Read More »Monthly CASA Coffee Networking Meeting for Volunteers & Staff

National CASA is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, 4/19/2023 at 1PM that will discuss educational barriers that children in foster care face including educational instability, special education programming, and roadblocks to graduation. Attendees will be equipped with strategies to comprehensively address individual and systemic barriers to quality public education using existing protections and strategies. Click… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Advancing Education Rights and Ensuring Equal Access for Students In Care: Tips for Advocates and Volunteers

Hope Coalition has partnered with East Central College to bring this free training and community forum to Union! Ryan Lawyer from the DEA and Darrin Jones from the Franklin County Narcotics Enforcement Unit (MCNVCEU) will be presenting. Click HERE to register now!

On Thursday, 4/20/23 at 6PM, Leeann Pennington M.Ed LPC will be at the Union CASA Office to present on secondary trauma and self-care. See flyer for more details!

This one-hour training is designed for professionals and anyone else working with individuals who are at risk of experiencing or witnessing a heroin/opioid overdose. Topics include a discussion of opioid use disorder (OUD) as a brain disease, the landscape of the opioid epidemic, risk factors and harm reduction strategies, and how to respond to an… Read More »Community Training: Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Training

Thank you for your "AXE" of kindness! We want to honor and celebrate YOU and all YOU do for the children of Franklin and Gasconade Counties! CASA Volunteers, join us for an evening of axe throwing (completely optional!), food, drinks, prizes and FUN! Please RSVP to Trista@casamideastmo.org by 4/21/2023!

Four Rivers Family YMCA is hosting a free Family Fun Night on Friday, 4/28/23 from 5-8pm. There will be fun, healthy activities, crafts and community connections for families of all types with children ages birth to 10-years-old. See flyer below for more details.

Join the 2023 Missouri Children's Trauma Network Training Summit to network, engage and learn about trauma informed practices for youth. The conference hosts over 400 attendees. The Missouri Children’s Trauma Network is a network of clinicians and advocates dedicated to expanding access to evidence-based mental health treatment for traumatized children. Recognizing that many Missouri children… Read More »Missouri Children’s Trauma Network Training Summit

Attendees of this webinar will receive an introduction to the CASA for Children of DC BRIDGES program, gain insight into the foster care-to-prison pipeline and the intersection of childhood trauma and juvenile justice, understand the risk and protective factors of juvenile justice involvement and the unique needs of juvenile justice youth and recognize how positive… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Building BRIDGES

Calling all of our CASA gentlemen! CASA Volunteer, Steve Myers will be hosting CASA Men's Group on Thursday, 5/4/23 4pm at Old Bridgeview Brewing in Washington. Join Steve for some comradery and a drink. RSVP to ashley@casamideastmo.org by 5/3/23.