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Franklin County CASA Office 80A North Oak Street, Union, MO, United States

Join Angie on 1/26/22 at 6PM to discuss engaging your CASA youth in their goal planning process. Learn more about the CASA Independent Living Assessment and how this tool can help your youth develop goals. RSVP to angie@casamideastmo.org by 1/24/22.  

National CASA Webinar: Economic and Concrete Supports as Core to Family and Child Well-being

Virtual

This webinar will explore the intersection of family economic instability and involvement with child welfare and the potential for recrafting how families and children are supported. There is a growing body of evidence showing the associations between economic hardship, cumulative material hardship and income shocks with child abuse and neglect and child protective services involvement.… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Economic and Concrete Supports as Core to Family and Child Well-being

National CASA Webinar: Substance Use among Native American Youth

Virtual

Data on Native American youth, including adolescent populations, adolescent development, and common behaviors. Information on how Native American youth differ from non-native youth in areas such as cultural identity and family history. Trauma, including historical, intergenerational, and adolescent traumas will be addressed, as will barriers to treatment. Webinar will conclude with culturally- and age-appropriate suggestions… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Substance Use among Native American Youth

In-Service: Medical Marijuana Discussion

Medical marijuana has become a trending topic among our CASA cases. Join us if you are interested in learning more about practices surrounding medical marijuana or if you have experience with the medical marijuana process that you can share.

National CASA/GAL Book Club: “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive”

Virtual

Poverty is a common thread across the lives of the children and families involved in the child welfare system. Its impact can have deep and long lasting impact and consequences. In most states, neglect cannot be established if failure to provide for a child’s needs is due only to poverty. Poverty may still contribute to… Read More »National CASA/GAL Book Club: “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive”

Community Training: Prevent+Ed Building Resiliency Skills in Kids of All Ages: A Parent/Caregiver Approach

This presentation seeks to engage with parents and caregivers of young people of all ages to help identify and build youth resiliency skills. During the event, all attendees will learn, use, and practice youth resiliency skills to be proactive in young people’s lives. We know that this is a stressful time for everyone, especially youth,… Read More »Community Training: Prevent+Ed Building Resiliency Skills in Kids of All Ages: A Parent/Caregiver Approach

Free

Fundraiser: Justice is Served

Jesuit Hall, SFB Church 310 West Main Street, Washington, Missouri

Purchase your tickets today! Sales stop at the end of the day on 3/14/22!

$40.00

CASA In-Service: HOPE for Franklin County Coalition & Prevent+Ed

Join us for a Zoom In-Service as Julie Hook from HOPE Coalition shares some of the challenges our youth are facing when it comes to making positive choices. Terisha Friedmann with Certified Peer Specialists will then share some of the barriers that adults are facing in our community who are struggling with substance use disorder.

Free

Community Training: Prevent+Ed Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Training

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, and how to have conversations about overdose prevention and naloxone distribution. This… Read More »Community Training: Prevent+Ed Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Training

Free

National CASA Webinar: Family First: Implementation Updates and Emerging Considerations

Virtual

This webinar will explore the current state of Family First implementation related to prevention services. Family First remains the most important transformative child welfare policy of the 21st century. Approximately 20 Prevention Plans have been approved to date with a similar number submitted awaiting approval. Implementation varies across the country though several themes are emerging… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Family First: Implementation Updates and Emerging Considerations

Free

Maryland CASA Association: The Intersections of Childhood Adversity & Racial Trauma

Virtual

Join Maryland CASA Association for its virtual spring institute, The Intersections of Childhood Adversity & Racial Trauma. Spanish Translation Services will be available at all sessions. This all-day virtual institute hosted by Maryland CASA Association will bring together professional and volunteer child welfare advocates from across the state of Maryland and the country to engage in… Read More »Maryland CASA Association: The Intersections of Childhood Adversity & Racial Trauma

$25