Do you know the new laws, emerging child protection research, and education that impact your role as a mandated reporter? This is a free, 2 contact hour approved (complete at your own pace) training. You can learn all of these important updates and more at protectmokids.com Together we can learn how best to protect our… Read More »Missouri Kids First: Mandated Reporter Training
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: “The Lines Between Us: Two Families and a Quest to Cross Baltimore’s Racial Divide”
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
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
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.
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”