Volunteer Advocate Resources

As a volunteer advocate you’ve got a tremendous responsibility. You have the opportunity to dramatically improve the life of a child. Judges respect your work and the recommendations you supply in court. According to a 2005 nation-wide survey of judges, approximately 97% agreed that children and families are better served because of CASA involvement. They also recognized that the CASA provided information that was beneficial to their decision-making.

As you spend time getting to know your child and her needs, you’ll realize how much your child is counting on you to help her navigate the system. From learning about educational advocacy to working with social workers, we’ve compiled some resources to help CASA volunteers advocate for their youth.

Please use these tools to help you expand your advocacy.

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• AB 12
• Advocate Library (Includes: books, DVDs, digital stories, and more)
• Adolescent Brain Development Article (Beautiful Brains by David Dobbs PDF)
• Adolescent Brain Article (Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative PDF)
• After 18

B

• Bullying

C

• CASA as Educational Rights Holder
• Children with Developmental Disabilities - English 489 pages (PDF)
• Children with Incarcerated Parents
• Confidentiality and Mental Health Information
• Consent to Medical Treatment for Foster Children: California Law (PDF)

D

E

• Education
• Engaging Non-Custodial Fathers (PDF)
• Enrollment Rights for Foster Youth
• Extended Foster Care

F

• Financial Aid for College (PDF)
• Foster Youth Rights

G

• Grief and Loss

H

• Hearing 241.1 and CASA

I

• Immigration
• Information Sharing (Educational)

J

K

• Kinship Caregivers

L

M

• Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse
• Mental Health for Foster Youth in California (PDF)
• Mental Health for Out of County Youth
• Mentoring Leave
• Minor Consent, Confidentiality, and Child Abuse Reporting in CA (PDF)

N

• Native American Children and Youth
• Non- Minor Dependents (18+)

O

P

• Permanency for Older Youth and Family Finding
• Psychotropic Medication and Children in Foster Care (PDF)

Q

R

• Research Supports CASA
• Restraining Orders
• Runaway Youth

S

• Social Worker Visitation (PDF)
• Special Education
• Suicide Prevention

T

• Testifying as a Witness
• Therapeutic Behavioral Health Services -TBS (PDF)
• Tribal Customary Adoption

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

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