Reminders and Deadlines for CASAs
June 2017
May Volunteer Hours
To submit your May volunteer hours, please click here. Remember to include hours spent driving to and from visits, meetings, and other CASA-related destinations when submitting your hours. Thank you!
VFC Office Closures
Tuesday, July 4 (Independence Day)
July Birthday Club Deadline
If you would like to request a $25 gift card for your case child’s Julybirthday, please click on this link, Birthday Club, to request the gift card no later than Saturday, June 24. Please note that the gift card provider does not accommodate late requests.
Fostering Futures for Transitional Age Youth
Saturday, June 3
9 a.m.-Noon
VFC Chesapeake Office: Training Room
This continuing education session will focus on transitional age youth (TAY). Together, we will examine the challenges facing TAY and how our advocacy and mentoring can play an important role in their successful transition to adulthood. We will discuss the areas of housing, employment, education, life skills, and health as they are related to TAY and provide some key resources to support these very important domains.
Please RSVP to Stephen Moore at 858-598-2226 or StephenM@speakupnow.org by June 2.
Drop-In Small Group
Wednesday, June 14
10:00-11:30 a.m.
VFC Chesapeake Office: Boardroom
Drop in to a Small Group meeting to discuss your case with peers and an advocacy supervisor. No RSVP is required. Please join us.
Engaging Transitional Age Youth Through Art
Wednesday, June 21
10 a.m.-Noon
VFC Chesapeake Office: Training Room
Representatives from Urban Beats, an artistic expression program for youth ages 16-25 that aims to enhance their self-sufficiency and increase their engagement in behavioral health treatment, will lead a workshop for CASAs on engaging youth through art. The training will address non-traditional points of connection, trauma-informed care, and breaking down barriers so that attendees better understand how to reach and serve transitional age youth. To register, please RSVP to Kira Vine at KiraV@speakupnow.org
Representing Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
Thursday, June 22
5:30-7:30 p.m.
UCSD Center for Better Beginnings, 7910 Frost St., Ste 440, San Diego
Disability Rights California and UCSD’s Institute For Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Discovery present Representing Children with FASD: From Foster Care to Juvenile Court, a free continuing legal education symposium. Nationally recognized experts will present on how prenatal alcohol exposure affects individuals in the juvenile justice system and provide information about local FASD resources. Presenters include Marion Gaston, Judge of the San Diego Superior Court, Delinquency Division; Kenneth Lyons Jones, M.D., UCSD Department of Pediatrics and co-founder of the Center for Better Beginnings, and Lisa Storing, County Counsel of San Diego County Dependency Division. The symposium includes complimentary onsite parking and light refreshments. Inform your advocacy supervisor if you attend this symposium to receive continuing education credit. To register, click here.
Drop-In Small Group
Wednesday, July 12
10:00-11:30 a.m.
VFC Chesapeake Office: Boardroom
Drop in to a Small Group meeting to discuss your case with peers and an advocacy supervisor. No RSVP is required. Please join us.