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May21 5/21/2012 9:00 AM - 5/22/2012 4:00 PM Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
This 2-day Mental Health First Aid training is a 12-hour course that helps members of the public to recognize when a person is showing symptoms of mental illness or a mental health crisis and to provi...
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May22 5/22/2012 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM African American Children and Adolescents in Treatment
This training workshop will help participants develop a greater understanding of the challenges often associated with treating African American children and adolescents, and acquire useful skills that...
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May22 5/22/2012 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM FREE Parenting Education Classes (Series)
FREE PARENTING EDUCATION CLASSES Parents and caretakers of children 0-16 Onsite child care provided at no cost Class meets once weekly for 10 weeks Certificate of completion for each eligible parent ...
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May29 5/29/2012 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM FREE Parenting Education Classes (Series)
FREE PARENTING EDUCATION CLASSES Parents and caretakers of children 0-16 Onsite child care provided at no cost Class meets once weekly for 10 weeks Certificate of completion for each eligible parent ...
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May31 5/31/2012 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM QPR: Question, Persuade, Refer
This suicide alertness training will provide  individuals with the knowledge to respond to a crisis and recognize suicide warning signs, as well as how to Question, Persuade and Refer a suicidal ...
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Jun4 6/4/2012 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CAM Meeting
The meeting is for Coordinators and will be held telephonically.
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Jun4 6/4/2012 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Coordinators Administration Meeting (CAM)
The meeting is a Coordinators Administrative Meeting (CAM) for Coordinators and will be conducted via WebEx.
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Jun14 6/14/2012 8:00 AM - 6/15/2012 4:00 PM CASA Advocacy Academy
Training for new volunteers will be held in Tucson. Registration for this event is coordinated through your CASA Coordinator.
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Jun19 6/19/2012 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM safeTALK Suicide Prevention Training
This suicide alertness workshop will prepare you to be a suicide alert helper and understand why opportunities to help are often missed, dismissed or avoided. You will learn the TALK model to help rec...
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Jun26 6/26/2012 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM FREE Parenting Education Classes
FREE PARENTING EDUCATION CLASSES Parents and caretakers of children 0-16 Onsite child care provided at no cost Class meets once weekly for 10 weeks Certificate of completion for each eligible parent ...
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Jul3 7/3/2012 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM FREE Parenting Education Classes
FREE PARENTING EDUCATION CLASSES Parents and caretakers of children 0-16 Onsite child care provided at no cost Class meets once weekly for 10 weeks Certificate of completion for each eligible parent ...
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Jul10 7/10/2012 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM FREE Parenting Education Classes
FREE PARENTING EDUCATION CLASSES Parents and caretakers of children 0-16 Onsite child care provided at no cost Class meets once weekly for 10 weeks Certificate of completion for each eligible parent ...
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Jul17 7/17/2012 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM FREE Parenting Education Classes
FREE PARENTING EDUCATION CLASSES Parents and caretakers of children 0-16 Onsite child care provided at no cost Class meets once weekly for 10 weeks Certificate of completion for each eligible parent ...
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Jul24 7/24/2012 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM FREE Parenting Education Classes
FREE PARENTING EDUCATION CLASSES Parents and caretakers of children 0-16 Onsite child care provided at no cost Class meets once weekly for 10 weeks Certificate of completion for each eligible parent ...
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Jul25 7/25/2012 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Legal Options to Guardianship Trainings
The goal of the trainings is to help everyone recognize that there are less costly and less restrictive options than guardianship when someone needs additional assistance. The trainings are designed f...
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Jul27 7/27/2012 8:00 AM - 7/28/2012 4:00 PM CASA Advocacy Academy
Training for new volunteers will be held in Phoenix. Registration for this event is coordinated through your CASA Coordinator.
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Jul31 7/31/2012 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM FREE Parenting Education Classes
FREE PARENTING EDUCATION CLASSES Parents and caretakers of children 0-16 Onsite child care provided at no cost Class meets once weekly for 10 weeks Certificate of completion for each eligible parent ...
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Aug7 8/7/2012 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM FREE Parenting Education Classes
FREE PARENTING EDUCATION CLASSES Parents and caretakers of children 0-16 Onsite child care provided at no cost Class meets once weekly for 10 weeks Certificate of completion for each eligible parent ...
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Aug14 8/14/2012 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM FREE Parenting Education Classes
FREE PARENTING EDUCATION CLASSES Parents and caretakers of children 0-16 Onsite child care provided at no cost Class meets once weekly for 10 weeks Certificate of completion for each eligible parent ...
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Aug21 8/21/2012 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM FREE Parenting Education Classes
FREE PARENTING EDUCATION CLASSES Parents and caretakers of children 0-16 Onsite child care provided at no cost Class meets once weekly for 10 weeks Certificate of completion for each eligible parent ...
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Newsletter



 CASA of Arizona publishes a newsletter every two months entitled "IMPACT E-News" for volunteers and interested parties.

Here is an example of our newsletter. Sign-up to keep current on information, programs and events relevant to advocating in behalf of foster children.

News Stories



5.15.12 PRNewswire "Arizona Expands Groundbreaking School Choice Program to Students Attending Failing Schools, Foster Care Children" 
5.1.12 Arizona Lottery Video featuring CASA Volunteer and foster child from Navajo County "How the Money Helps" 
4.30.12 Arizona Republic "Reed foster family has taken in 160 kids over the past 28 years" 
4.23.12 MSN Stop Child Abuse feature on MSN Take Part in conjunction with Child Abuse Awareness month.
4.18.12 Arizona Republic "Arizona CPS seeing increase in child-abuse report" 
3.23.12 Huffington Post Michael Piraino: "Have We Lost Our Moral Compass? Why Eliminate the Victims of Child Abuse Act?"
3.23.12 Arizona Republic "Good people needed to be advocates" 
3.22.12 DCSD  Committee on Diversity & Inclusiveness (CODI) meets to finalize their "Blueprint"
3.21.12 Arizona Republic "Arizona CPS' struggles mount as abuse, neglect reports rise" 
3.15.12 Governor Janice K. Brewer Proclamation - April is Child Abuse Prevention Month 
12.30.11 Arizona Republic "Arizona CPS changes recommended by task force" 
11.17.11 Arizona Republic "Ariz. child-welfare task force hears past failures of CPS" 
11.15.11 DCSD The Committee on Diversity & Inclusiveness (CODI) sponsored by the Dependent Children's Services Division of the Arizona Supreme Court held their inaugural meeting.
9.14.11 ABC 15 News "Volunteers needed to help abused children in Arizona" 
8.1.11 Channel 3 News "Severe child abuse cases spark call to action" 
2.20.11 Arizona Republic "CASA volunteers help abused kids when everyone else moves on" 

Featured Story



Michael Piraino The Dollars and Sense of CASA Volunteers

CASA volunteers save hundreds of millions of dollars in child welfare costs alone. The annual survey of CASA programs shows that children with CASA volunteers spend 7.5 months less in foster care than children in the general foster care population.  Read more ...


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