{"id":25872,"date":"2019-06-26T11:28:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T18:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaeln165.sg-host.com\/?page_id=25872"},"modified":"2022-02-10T15:56:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T23:56:35","slug":"court-appointed-special-advocates-casa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adevine.io\/dws-development-2\/resource-links\/court-appointed-special-advocates-casa\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\tCourt Appointed Special Advocates \n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiacasa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Court Appointed Special Advocate<\/a> (CASA) are members of the community who volunteer to mentor and advocate on behalf of children and youth in California&#8217;s foster care system.\u00a0 CASAs are screened, trained, and supervised by the local and statewide CASA offices.\u00a0\u00a0CASAs aim to ensure children in the foster care system have both a voice and the services they need for a stable future.<\/p>\n<p>CASAs adhere to strict confidentiality laws in California and are also mandated reporters.<\/p>\n<p>If you believe that a child or youth in foster care may benefit from a relationship with a CASA, you may:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Speak to the child\/youth&#8217;s county case worker and his\/her attorney about requesting a referral from the juvenile dependency judge;<\/li>\n<li>You may contact the CASA Program Director of your county CASA organization; and\/or<\/li>\n<li>File a <a href=\"https:\/\/adevine.io\/dws-development-2\/legal-tools\/information-for-caregivers\/how-to-request-to-change-a-court-order-jv-180-to-184\/\">JV-180 Request to Change Court Order<\/a> with the juvenile dependency clerk to make the referral request.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.ca.gov\/cms\/rules\/index.cfm?title=five&amp;linkid=rule5_655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Court Rule 5.655<\/a> for specifics on California CASA requirements.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiacasa.org\/contact-us\/\">California CASA<\/a> or your local CASA office. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.californiacasa.org\/find-a-casa-program\/programs-by-county\/\">Search for CASA programs by county.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Online Trainings:<\/h3>\n<strong>NEW: How to Access the Juvenile Court: A Legal Training For Caregivers:<\/strong> This 1.5-hour training covers federal and state laws that afford foster caregivers the right to information about the child in their care and the right to participate and to be heard in juvenile court. <a href=\"https:\/\/advokidstraining.didacte.com\/a\/course\/22095\/description\">Learn more.<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiacasa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/adevine.io\/dws-development-2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CASA-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"148\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<p><strong>Legal Disclaimer<\/strong>: Advokids provides educational information and resources to those who use our website, call our hotline, or submit requests for information via the website. Any information provided may not be construed as the giving of legal advice to any person about a particular legal matter and should not be relied upon as the basis for taking a particular action or refraining from taking a particular action in any legal matter. If you want or need legal advice about a particular legal matter, you should consult a lawyer.<\/p>\n\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Contact Advokids<\/h4>\n5643 Paradise Drive, Suite 12B<br \/>\nCorte Madera, CA 94925\n11833 Mississippi Ave., 1st floor<br \/>\nLos Angeles, CA 90025\n<p>415.924.0587<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Court Appointed Special Advocates Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) are members of the community who volunteer to mentor and advocate on behalf of children and youth in California&#8217;s foster care system.\u00a0 CASAs are screened, trained, and supervised by the local and statewide CASA offices.\u00a0\u00a0CASAs aim to ensure children in the foster care system have both&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":18669,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25872","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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