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Marshall County moves to bring CASA coordinator on county payroll, plans ordinance and budget steps
Summary
Commissioners approved a motion to begin the process of making the local CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) coordinator a county employee and to prepare an ordinance and funding steps.
Marshall County commissioners voted to begin the process of creating a county department for the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) program and to make the program lead a county employee.
Sean (county staff) said the CASA program — volunteers who act as advocates for children in court proceedings — had for years been run as a nonprofit and funded in part by grants. He told the board that the program’s volunteer-managed nonprofit has struggled with fundraising and that…
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