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Senate Bill 135A would add CASA representatives to local child-welfare review teams
Summary
Senate Bill 135A was presented April 22 to the House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services, proposing that local CASA (court-appointed special advocate) programs have a designated representative at local child-welfare review and response tables.
Senate Bill 135A was presented April 22 to the House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services, proposing that local CASA (court-appointed special advocate) programs have a designated representative — typically a CASA staff member chosen by the local program — at certain local child-welfare and safety tables.
Sen. Sarah Gaussler Blue, sponsor of the Senate Human Services bill, said the measure would “ensure that we have the voices of youth” at local response and review tables and that CASA volunteers are highly trained and appointed by the court. “CASA’s role is to advocate for the best interest of the child,” Gaussler Blue told the committee.
The bill would add CASA representation to three kinds of local bodies: local domestic-violence coordinating councils, county…
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