CASA volunteers receive 33 hours of initial training and are asked to pursue an additional 12 hours of continuing education per year. Following the initial training, CASA volunteers are sworn in by a judge and become court-appointed special advocates for children who have been removed from their homes because of abuse and neglect.
CASA volunteers make incredible differences in the lives of the children they serve. Our volunteers have influenced siblings being adopted together into safe and permanent homes, facilitated children being able to move toward adoption by a relative, and completed research that in some cases has helped a loving family reunify based on positive information that only they were able to uncover about parents from whom the children were initially removed. Ninety-nine percent of the time, the judge agrees with our volunteers' recommendations for final placement.
If you are interested in volunteering, please complete an application (found at the bottom of the page) and return. Once we receive your application we will contact you to schedule an interview. If you would like more detailed information on becoming a volunteer please consider attending one of our information sessions. The next sessions will be held: - Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:00am-10:00am
- Tuesday, March 27, 2012 5:30pm-6:30pm
RSVP to abarrera@casa-satx.org if you plan to attend. All information sessions are held at CASA, 406 San Pedro Ave., San Antonio, Texas 78212. Below is the Training Schedule:
February 21- March 8, 2012(Daytime) April 24- May 10, 2012(Evenings) Tuesdays & Thursdays: 6:00pm to 9:00pm Including one Saturday, April 28 9:00am to 4:00pm
May 26, June 2 & 9, 2012(Saturdays)
To become a CASA Volunteer download the Application form below, fill it out , and fax it to us.
CASA Volunteer Application
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