New Video Featuring Texas CASA's Anti-Child Trafficking Consultant, Rhonda Kuykendall

When we consider the child welfare system, a stark reality emerges: children are at an alarmingly high risk of falling prey to sex trafficking. A study conducted by The University of Texas at Austin revealed that a quarter of youth in care were at risk of trafficking in 2022 alone. For Human Trafficking Prevention Month this January, learn how we're taking proactive steps with our CASA ACT — Anti-Child Trafficking — framework by watching the new video featuring ACT Consultant, Rhonda Kuykendall.

CFE Mentoring Opportunity - Applications Open February 1

Texas CASA is pleased to announce the launch of a new opportunity for CASA programs involved in CFE - CFE Mentoring! CASA programs will be partnered as mentors and mentees for a one-year period (May 2024-April 2025) to further support the embedding of CFE into everyday advocacy and to reach more children, parents, and families with this important connection informed work. This is an open call for local programs to be involved as either a mentor, or to receive mentorship as a mentee.

Virtual Pre-Service Training Facilitator Workshop: February 2024

Texas CASA is excited to announce dates for our next virtual Art of Facilitation for Pre-Service Training workshop on Feb. 21, Feb. 23 and Feb. 26 from 10 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. each day! The workshop is designed to introduce participants to the foundations of engaging, learning-centered facilitation. Participants will have the opportunity to explore creative and effective ideas on how to bring pre-service content to life while also building relationships with others in the CASA training community.  

New STAR Announcements

Join us on Jan. 29 from 12-1 p.m. to hear about survivor-centered resources and tools available at the program, supervisory and volunteer level in addition to the latest announcements and updates in this ever-evolving Anti-Child Trafficking (ACT) space.

Secondly, we are very excited to announce that STAR will be offering two in-person trainings for Advocate Supervisors in March and May of this year.

Recruitment Bounty: Tip of the Month

Since word of mouth is considered the number one recruitment tool, think of how you can make it easy for current volunteers to spread the word to their social circles. Consider having recruitment materials (brochures, videos, volunteer descriptions, your information session or training calendar, an application, etc.) in an easy-to-access place online. If internet access isn’t always reliable, you can put all of the materials on a flash/thumb drive and hand it out to staff, board, volunteers, judges, etc.

Clergy, CASA & Community Information Session and Application

Are you interested in expanding your recruiting bandwidth and connecting with diverse groups to serve your mission? Then Clergy, CASA & Community (CCC) is for you! This innovative model helps CASA programs engage the faith community relationally and sustainably. We currently have 23 CASA programs implementing CCC in their area and would like to invite you to consider participating. New Clergy, CASA & Community programs will begin onboarding in March 2024. 

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