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CASA Advocate
ORGANIZATION: CASA OF BELL AND CORYELL COUNTIES
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CASA volunteers are everyday people - teachers, accountants, health care professionals, retirees, and stay-at-home parents. CASAs are committed to making a difference for children who might otherwise slip through the cracks in an overburdened foster care system. They are appointed by judges to guide one child or one set of siblings through the system to safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible. CASA volunteers research case records and speak to each person involved in a child’s life, including family members, teachers, doctors, lawyers, and social workers. They monitor the progress of the child and family throughout the case and advocate for the child’s current and future needs in court, in school, and in agency meetings. Their independent evaluations allow the court to make better-informed decisions.
CASA volunteers truly get to know the child and can give each case the sustained and individualized attention it deserves.
Volunteer Advocate Training consists of 17 hours of classroom training, 13 hours of home learning assignments/activities, and 3 hours of CPS courtroom observation. Upon completion of training requirements and thorough background checks, volunteers are sworn in my a Judge with Bell County Centex Child Protection Courts or Coryell County, Child Protection of the Hill Country, as a Court Appointed Special Advocate.
We invite you to join our family of volunteers and make a difference in a child’s life - and your own!
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About CASA OF BELL AND CORYELL COUNTIES
Location:
112 N MAIN ST, BELTON, TX 76513, US
Mission Statement
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Bell & Coryell Counties (CASA's) serve abused and neglected children by providing a trained volunteer to be the voice for the child's right to safety in placement, permanence in family life and a loving home.
Description
CASA of Bell and Coryell Counties is part of a national volunteer movement that began in 1977, when Seattle Judge David Soukup decided he needed to know more about the children whose lives were in his hands. His solution was to ask community volunteers to act as a "voice in court" for abused and neglected children. These Court Appointed Special Advocates(r) (CASAs) would provide him with detailed information he needed to safeguard the children’s best interests and ensure that they were placed in safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible. The program was so successful, it was copied around the nation.
CASA of Bell and Coryell Counties continues to serve abused and neglected children in Texas by providing trained community volunteers for every child who is assigned to the program through the courts.
CASA of Bell and Coryell Counties is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.
CASA of Bell and Coryell Counties is also a member of the National and Texas CASA Associations. There are nearly 950 CASA programs nationwide and 72 CASA programs in the state of Texas.
CAUSE AREAS
Advocacy & Human Rights,
Children & Youth
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
112 North Main StreetBelton, TX 76513
(31.057001 ,-97.4638 )
DATE POSTED
November 25, 2024
SKILLS
- Youth Services
- Child Welfare
- Crisis Intervention
- Child Advocacy
- People Skills
- Social Work
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- 12 months
- Successfully pass screening and background check requirements. Successfully complete initial training provided by the CASA of Bell & Coryell Counties program (30 hours of initial training plus 3 hours of courtroom observation).