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Virtual Opportunity
Do you have 10-15 hours a month to help a foster child? Become a CASA. Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) are volunteers, trained to advocate for children in foster care in the courtroom, classroom, and community. CASA of San Joaquin County matches each CASA with a staff member, who works with them on their case. CASA of San Joaquin County is the only nonprofit organization in San Joaquin County designated by the Court to recruit, train, and lead CASA volunteers. Currently, there are almost 1,600 children in San Joaquin’s foster care system. Many of these children are in constant crisis and feel very much alone UNTIL they find their CASA! If you’re ready for the role of a lifetime, if you’re ready to help create a brighter future for a foster child, contact CASA of San Joaquin County today! Be A VOICE. BECOME A CASA To become a CASA Volunteer, you must; be at least 21 years old, have a valid Driver's License, with fewer than 3 points on your driver's record, have access to an insured vehicle, have no DUI's in the past 10 years, have no history of domestic violence or crimes against children, have no OPEN or substantiated cases with Child Protected Services against you or anyone in your household Participants must view our online ORIENTATION VIDEO (link below), Complete & Submit our online APPLICATION (link below), Participate in a pre-training interview with one of our staff members (they will contact you), Complete our 30-hour training curriculum (half online and half in-person), Volunteers. Training will be done both online and in-person at our Newberry office. Please visit our web page for upcoming training schedules, on our webpage you will also find a link to our online application as well as more information about our program and requirements for becoming a CASA Volunteer. https://nochildabuse.org/CASA For more information or to receive an application, Contact Carley Hager chager@nochildabuse.org or call (209)644-5331
Date Posted: Mar 20, 2025
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May 21
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Virtual Opportunity
Learn more about how you can make a BIG difference in the lives of foster youth in San Joaquin county! Join one of our regularly scheduled ZOOM sessions! Schedule YOUR session by calling Carley@ 209-644-5331 Imagine what it must feel like to be thrust into foster care. Life can be scary when it seems nobody cares; when all you have ever known is abuse, neglect or abandonment. CASA volunteers give a priceless gift: someone who really cares-someone dependable who won’t disappoint these children like so many other adults have done in the past. If you can give 8-10 hours a month to be a CASA volunteer, WE NEED YOU! Individual CASAs, or court-appointed special advocates, are appointed by a judge to what are oftentimes the direst cases. A CASA works with everyone who touches children’s lives, from their social worker to their doctor, examining what will best work to give that girl or boy a life path that will help them to succeed. Sometimes this is simply finding them a bed to sleep in on a reliable basis, and other times it’s working to reunite them with family. To the WORLD you may just be ONE, but to ONE you may just be the WORLD!
Date Posted: Mar 13, 2025