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Be a child's champion!
ORGANIZATION: Rappahannock Area CASA Program
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If you're a good communicator and have a heart for children, you might make a great CASA volunteer! CASA volunteers are appointed by local judges to advocate for children who have been abused or neglected. Volunteers meet monthly with the children they're appointed to serve and provide written reports to the court at regular intervals, making recommendations for services that might help the children heal from their trauma -- and ultimately weighing in on where they think it's safest for those children to live: with parents who have made significant improvements, with other loving relatives or with an adoptive family. Rappahannock CASA's next training session for advocates begins on January 27, 2025. Each trainee must complete an application, sit for an interview and go through background checks before training begins, and participants must attend all 7 training sessions.
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About Rappahannock Area CASA Program
Location:
10401 Courthouse Road, Suite C, Spotsylvania, VA 22553, US
Mission Statement
To provide competent, trained volunteer advocates for abused, neglected and children in need of services who are under the jurisdiction of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court 15th Judicial District - Virginia.
Description
CASA volunteers are Court Appointed Special Advocates for children - trained comunity voluneers appointed by a judge to speak up for abused and neglected children. CASA is a national organization created by a juvenile court judge. There are CASA programs throughout Virginia and in all 50 states. Rappahannock CASA was established in 1989 and has served over 2,400 abused, neglected and abandoned children in Spotsylvania, King George, Stafford and Fredericksburg.
CAUSE AREAS
Advocacy & Human Rights,
Children & Youth,
Justice & Legal
WHEN
Mon Jan 27, 2025 - Thu Feb 20, 2025
09:00 AM - 03:30 PM
WHERE
509 Lafayette BlvdSuite CFredericksburg, VA 22401
(38.29701 ,-77.46066 )
DATE POSTED
December 13, 2024
SKILLS
- Youth Services
- Crisis Intervention
- Child Advocacy
- Basic Computer Skills
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 25
- Orientation or Training
- 32 hours of pre-training
- Mon., Jan. 27, 2025: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wed., Jan. 29: 5 to 8:30 p.m. Mon., Feb. 3: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tues., Feb. 4: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. (virtual) Wed., Feb. 5: 5 to 8:30 p.m. Wed., Feb. 12: 5:30 to 9 p.m. Thurs. Feb 20: 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.