Connect Our Kids/Family Connections Tool Training

Connect Our Kids/Family Connections tool is available for CASA staff and volunteers and other child welfare professionals to use in their CFE work, to help create genograms, collaborate and share information, family searching and making connections for children, parents and families. Check out this letter from Connect Our Kids on how to get started! Visit the Connect Our Kids website … Read More

CFE Sustainability Pathway

The CFE Sustainability Pathway outlines the implementation timeline for local CASA programs and CPS as they begin the CFE process. The pathway lists benchmarks to be completed during each phase from Pre-Work to Year 4 when CFE should be fully implemented in the community. View Now

Family Meetings: Best Practices & Principles

Family meetings are the heart of the CFE work, and are believed to be an opportunity to bring everyone together for planning and decision-making. This process is where the family’s voice can best be heard. It is recommended that the CFE elements explained here are integrated into the family meeting process and schedule that already occur in the case, so … Read More

UTILIZING TEXAS CASA’S MOU WITH THE CONSULATES OF MEXICO

In 2016, Texas CASA CEO Vicki Spriggs signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Consulates of Mexico in Texas and Texas CASA regarding the mutual collaboration in cases of Mexican minors or children of Mexican origin who are in the custody of Texas Child Protective Services. The goal of the MOU is to help every child benefit from the connections and … Read More