Courts responded to the Covid-19 pandemic by changing their operations in several ways. In dependency (abuse and neglect) proceedings, these changes include mask requirements, Covid-19 screening, capacity limits in the… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Changes to Dependency Proceedings in the Age of Covid-19
Come enjoy some holiday cookies & cocoa with your CASA family! Union's annual Winter Wonderland parade begins at 6, so bring your lawn chair and we will watch from outside… Read More »Cookies & Cocoa
All proceeds go to CASA and Moose Charities. Food and Drink will be available for purchase. Please bring your quarters and dollar bills for bidding. Paddles are $5 each or… Read More »Quarter Auction
We pay an emotional price for doing the work that we do. Repeated and chronic exposure to large volumes of difficult stories can erode our sense of empathy for others.… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Empathic Strain & Secondary Trauma 101: Understanding the Essentials
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.… Read More »National CASA/GAL Book Club: “The Lines Between Us: Two Families and a Quest to Cross Baltimore’s Racial Divide”
Our next CASA Book Club selection is Beautiful Boy by David Sheff. This is a memoir written by a father as he navigates the struggles of his son's addiction to… Read More »CASA Book Club: Beautiful Boy
Adolescence is a stage of life with specific health and developmental needs. A successful transition from childhood to adulthood can be difficult even under the best circumstances. For youth in… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Collaborative Strategies to Improve Outcomes for Adolescents Affected by Substance Use Disorders and Child Welfare
Maintaining appropriate boundaries is fundamental to managing one’s health and well-being. When working with children and families our desire to help, which is a positive, can lead to the blurring… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Defining the Line: Setting and Maintaining Healthy Boundaries
In this webinar we will explore the connection between the potential to reduce child welfare system involvement through the implementation of poverty-reduction strategies based on existing social policy packages (e.g.… Read More »National CASA Webinar: The Effects of Child Poverty Reductions on Child Protective Services Involvement and Placement into Out-of-Home Care
Join Ashley and Lynne on 1/25/22 at 5:30PM, while we provide some tips and review some reminders on Optima. RSVP to ashley@casamideastmo.org by 1/18/22.
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… Read More »Fostering Futures Recap
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… Read More »National CASA Webinar: Economic and Concrete Supports as Core to Family and Child Well-being