Resources for CASA Volunteers

**NOTICE - Updated National CASA Volunteer Standards**

The National CASA Association (NCASAA) recently revised their volunteer management standards.  As a program in good standing with NCASAA, we adhere to these standards. Beginning July 1, 2010, we are now required to repeat the record check on volunteers every 4 years. This record check includes: national criminal records (local and state), national sex offender registry, driver’s license verification and motor vehicle record. For many of you, this means you will need to fill out and sign a new consent form in order for these checks to be completed. You will be notified if you need to fill out a new form. 

Another NCASAA standard requires a volunteer to provide annually a copy of their valid current driver’s license and adequate personal automobile insurance. We will now require volunteers to submit a copy of their driver’s license and proof of auto insurance every year.

NOTE: Anyone with two or more moving violations in one year will not be permitted to transport children.

Thank you for your cooperation with these new standards. We continually strive to minimize risks while maintaining quality service.

If there are any questions, concerns or comments about the new standards please contact Cindy Johnson at 425-2383 or cindyjohnson@casa-nashville.org.

Beth Frankenberg

Upcoming In-Service Trainings

Vanderbilt Center of Excellence Luncheon Trainings 
Second Thursday of Each Month

11:30am - 1:00pm

  Vanderbilt Center of Excellence Luncheon Trainings are held the 2nd Thursday of every month at Calvary United Methodist Church at 3701 Hillsboro Rd, Nashville, 37215. Free lunch is served at 11:30am, and the training program is 12:00-1:00pm. To find out the topic for each month and to register online, visit the COE website. For any questions, or to change your registration status, contact Sarah Mathiesen via email or at 615-322-8701.  

Casework Forms and Documents

Helpful Websites

To search public court case information and to research Davidson County criminal history records

http://ccc.nashville.gov/portal/page/portal/ccc/caseSearch/caseSearchPublic/caseSearchPublicForms

Search for an inmate in the Davidson County Correctional System

http://dcso.nashville.gov/inmatesearch/pages/Search.faces

Tennessee Felony Offender Information Lookup

https://www.tennesseeanytime.org/foil/search.jsp

National Sex Offender Registry

http://www.nsopw.gov/Core/Conditions.aspx

Directory by phone number, name, or address

http://www.411.com/

Search for owner of a specific property, Davidson County

http://170.190.30.53/WebproNashville/Summary.asp?A1=209139&A2=1

LGBTQ Foster Children’s Rights and answers to their questions

CWLA.Lambda.Network@lambdalegal.rog

Advocate Supervisors

Religious and Neighborhood Groups

Many churches, synagogues and neighborhood associations have social action or community outreach programs that offer opportunities for volunteer recruitment and financial support for local nonprofit organizations. They prefer to support organizations who have some of their members engaged with the nonprofit as volunteers. Their applications often ask us to list any of our volunteers who are members of their organization. However, we usually have no way of knowing this information since we do not capture it on our volunteer application.

If you are a member of a church, synagogue and/or neighborhood association, please let us know by

e-mailing Beth Frankenberg. Thank you for the many ways you help CASA!!

In Gratitude...

"I cannot do everything, but I can do something.

And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do."

-Edward Everett Hale

Volunteers Make a Difference...

                                    Eager to help in every way,

                                    Valuable for the role you play,

                                    Exceptional in responding to needs,

                                    Ready with all the right words and deeds,

                                    You're dependable as you do your part,

                                    Day in and day out with a giving heart,

                                    Always there to show you care,

                                    You've won our praise as a Volunteer!