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Vigo County CASA asks council for staff positions to protect services as VOCA grant shifts
Summary
Vigo County CASA director urged the council to approve either a full‑time advocate or two part‑time advocates to preserve caseload coverage after changes to a VOCA grant reduced available benefits and created unspendable salary dollars.
Glenna Schiesman, director of Vigo County CASA, asked the Vigo County Council to authorize new staff positions or part‑time positions to avoid losing casework capacity after a change in federal VOCA grant terms.
Schiesman said the VOCA (Victims of Crime Act) grant originally funded what would have been a full‑time CASA position whose benefits the county declined to pay. "We were left with the funds for salary for a full‑time position, but no benefits," Schiesman said. After rewriting the grant to create a part‑time slot at $23.48 an hour, administrative delays and limits on program modifications left roughly $11,700 of salary funds that CASA cannot currently spend except in limited line items such as mileage.
The request, presented as a…
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