This area of our
website has resources for trained
CASA Advocates to
use while working on their cases. If you are interested in
volunteering,
please visit our volunteer
page.
All CASAs are
required to complete 12 hours of in-service training per year. Any
in-service training hours should be reported, along with your regular
service hours, on the Advocate Time Sheet. Time sheets are
due
the first week of every month. CASA staff will inform advocates of
local workshops and available trainings below, as well as via email.
The National CASA website (casaforchildren.org), and any of the links
listed on the links
page, are
loaded with useful information pertaining to CASA work.
Reading and researching these sites counts toward in-service training
hours. If you become aware of a workshop or seminar related
to CASA work, or can recommend an insightful book or website, please
let CASA staff know so we can share with all our CASAs!
What is "The Advocate?" The Advocate
is a bi-monthly newsletter for CASA insiders. Who is an insider? Our
CASA Advocates, members of the CASA Board of Directors, and Friends of
CASA are all CASA insiders. This newsletter is intended to be a source
of information about the CASA program and events effecting CASA and its
volunteers. The
Advocate will
include updates on the program, training opportunities, and ways you
can help the program be successful. Please share any training or other
information that our volunteers might find useful!
"What I do you
cannot do; but what you do, I
cannot do. The
needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things.
But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do
something wonderful." --Mother
Teresa
The mission
of CASA of Vermilion County is to
advocate for abused and neglected children within the Juvenile Court
System, by training and managing volunteers to represent those
children's best interest to the Court.
