Lookout Mountain CASA is looking for volunteers who can spend quality time with a child in foster care. If you are 21 years or older and have 13 to 15 hours a month you can give to a child in foster care, CASA needs you.

We are people just like you who believe that every child has the right to be treated with dignity, to be safe, and thrive in the embrace of a loving family.

Highlights of what does a CASA do: (court appointed special advocate)

• Build relationships with children, DFCS, foster parents, in order to prepare and submit a written report with recommendations to
the Juvenile Court based on the information gathered.

• Gathering case information from the Department of Family and Children Services and other community resources specific to the assigned
child.

• Interview parents, foster parents, and children to gather information specific to the assigned
child to make recommendations to what is in the best interest of the child to the Juvenile Court.

• Visit the child monthly and assist the assigned child through the Juvenile Court Proceedings.

• Attend Juvenile Court Proceedings involving the assigned child in approximately 3- month increments.

• Use an assigned computer software to prepare reports for to be submitted to the juvenile court

The fall CASA training starts November 6th, 10am -1pm at 901 North Main Street in the back of Teems Agency building. Complete an application at lookoutmtncasa.com, call or drop by.

CASA training is provided by the Lookout Mountain CASA, Inc. It includes 24 hours of classroom training (8 classes in 3-hour increments) and 10 hours of court observation. The CASA volunteer work and training is flexible and conducive to full time work schedules. For more information call (423)- 402-0843, 706-639-6472 or email us at lookoutmtncasa@gmail.com.