On Wednesday, 1/13/21 at 6pm, Angie Morris will lead the quarterly Fostering Futures recap to review how you can help your older youth recognize and develop their 'Possible Selves." Please RSVP to casaangie@yhti.net by 1/8/21.
Please join us for our first ever virtual Justice is Served Breakfast! COVID has changed many things this year, including how we are able to do our fundraisers. However, it has not changed the need in our community. Children are still entering foster care and, more than ever, they need a voice. Please consider supporting… Read More »2021 Justice is Served Virtual Breakfast
Join Glenda on Thursday, 1/28/21 at 12pm to learn more about researching family members as potential supports or even possible placements. Please RSVP to casaashley@yhti.net by 1/25/21.
A Court Appointed Special Advocate, (CASA), is a trained community volunteer appointed by a judge to speak for the best interests of children in foster care. Join us on this Zoom meeting as we have conversations and answer questions about CASA and their mission. Training begins in March. Topic: CASA Coffee and Conversation Time: Feb… Read More »CASA Coffee Kickoff- Zoom Meeting
A Court Appointed Special Advocate, (CASA), is a trained community volunteer appointed by a judge to speak for the best interests of children in foster care. Join us at this coffee event as we social distance and have conversations and answer questions about CASA and their mission. Training begins in March. Change a child’s story… Read More »CASA Coffee Kickoff- Pacific
A Court Appointed Special Advocate, (CASA), is a trained community volunteer appointed by a judge to speak for the best interests of children in foster care. Join us at this coffee event as we social distance and have conversations and answer questions about CASA and their mission. Training begins in March. Change a child’s story… Read More »CASA Coffee Kickoff- Owensville
Join us for a Zoom meeting to discuss ways that a CASA volunteer can gather information and advocate for children who are not yet able to talk about their own wishes. We encourage volunteers who are currently working with ages 0-3, who have formerly worked with this age group and those who may want to… Read More »In-Service: CASA Discussion on Advocating for Infants and Toddlers
April CASA Book Club Meeting to discuss the book Three More Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter.
This presentation will look at the issue of child sex trafficking and the evolution of the male victim. Learning Objectives: Participants will learn: Strategies for the education and prevention of child sex trafficking and the male victim About the alternatives for the aftercare and recovery of male victims Presenter: Amanda Corbin, Trafficking in America Task… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Trafficked Boys: Invisible Victims of Human Trafficking
Join Glenda on Thursday, 4/29/21 at 6PM as she reviews CASA's strategic plan for 2021 and CASA successes from 2020. We strongly suggest all of our volunteers attend this In-Service.
This training will focus on providing CASA/GAL staff and volunteer advocates with the knowledge of what entices young people to watch pornography, and its relationship to human trafficking. Additional topics to be covered include learning the ways pornography impacts the brain, the heart and the world. Learning Objectives: Participants will learn: About the relationship between… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Human Trafficking: Impact of Pornography
PART 1: It’s All About Perspective It’s All About Perspective is the first installment of a brand new four-part webinar series called The Empowered CASA. Lisa Drake, life coach and former Executive Director of CASA of DuPage County, will share mindset concepts and tools, as well as insight from the coaching sessions she’s had with… Read More »Empowered CASA Webinar Series: It’s All About Perspective