Understanding Permanent Custody Cases and the Value of Child Advocacy (Make-Up -2)

04/24/2021 10:00 AM - 01:30 PM ET

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Summary

All training sessions will be held online, facilitated through Zoom. Both active and in-active CASA volunteers must complete the entire training session.

For additional information, please contact Hannah Wiltshire, CASA Program Director, by email, hwiltshire@cfadvocates.org.

Description

Court-appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers will receive 3.50 continuing education credit hour(s) of instruction once the training and post-test have been completed. This training is mandatory for all CASA volunteers in Cuyahoga County.

10:00 - 10:10 a.m.

Introduction and Announcements | Hannah Wiltshire, CASA Program Director, Child and Family Advocates of Cuyahoga County

10:10 - 10:45 a.m.

Permanent Custody (PC) Cases in Cuyahoga County | Chararie Stewart, Extended Services Unit, Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services & Deirdre Konopka, Extended Services Unit, Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services

10:45 - 11:15 a.m.

Adolescent Development and Mental Health | Chardé Hollins, LCSW-CCTP II, Executive Director, Relevant Connections

BREAK [15-minutes]

11:30na.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Older Children and Adoption | Betsie Norris, Executive Director, Adoption Network Cleveland

12:15 - 12:45 p.m.

LGBTQ+ Youth in Foster Care | John Licatatiso, Training Coordinator, The LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland

12:45 p.m.

Closing Remarks | Child and Family Advocates of Cuyahoga County

This training has been partially funded through a contract between Ohio CASA and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Ohio CASA supports local CASA/GAL programs throughout Ohio with training, technical assistance, legislative support, and standards implementation so that volunteers may advocate for abused, neglected, and dependent children in the court system. This training is also supported by grant number, 2021-VOCA-134144279, awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime, Office for Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, through the Ohio Attorneys General's Office. Victims of crime will be served.