Resources and Information for Active CASA Volunteers

Jackson County CASA staff are here to assist CASA volunteers with any questions. Please call your Case Supervisors. Additionally, you have access to CASA Staff Attorneys as well as CASA’s Executive Director. Call 816-842-2272.

Volunteer Toolkit

Note: The following links and documents are provided for informational purposes only for CASA Volunteers/GALs. This information should not be considered as, or as a substitute for, legal advice and is not intended to, nor does it create, an attorney-client relationship. Because the information included here is general, it may not apply to your individual legal or factual circumstances. 

H.R. 6893

Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008

To amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to connect and support relative caregivers, improve outcomes for children in foster care, provide for tribal foster care and adoption access, improve incentives for adoption, and for other purposes.

To read about the Fostering Connections Act, click here

Statues

Chapter 453: Adoption Laws

Chapter 211: Juvenile Court

Other
Missouri Supreme Court Standards for Guardian ad Litems (GALs)