Illinois CASA Board Meeting January 17, 2018 Chicago, IL

AGENDA Item Welcome Bert Gray No Introductions All Presenter Action Required Outcome/Discussion Welcome Bert Gray No   Introductions All Introduction of Mari Approval of Minutes Yes Develop plan for minutes Financial Update Chris Setti Approval of Financial Reports Approval of budget Approval of adding Mari to accounts Office Update Bloomington Office Update Chicago Office Update Plan for Move Transitional Director Update Susan Grant Final Report Work Plan Update Review and update plan with next steps Update on Board Meeting Schedule Staff Retreat Update Mari Christopherson Draft Vision and Mission Statements Review of staff workplan Governance Initiative Update Next steps Regional Representatives Update Regional Reps Reports from the regions Other Business Adjournment

TRAINING UPDATES

TRAINING Quick Stats: Topics Included: Six Volunteer Webinars during the quarter 485 Volunteers and Staff Attended Overall 38% increase in recorded webinar attendance since last quarter Nearly 1,000 children served by attendees Topics Included: Crisis Screening, Assessment and Support Electronic Media Impact on Children Educational Advocacy for Older Youth Post-Traumatic Stress Advocating for LGBTQ Youth Grief Upcoming webinars include: 1/19 – Juvenile Journey from Marijuana to Heroin 1/31 – Mandated Reporter Training Feb., March, April – three part series on trauma Other: Safety in the field Kinship care Self-harm

TRAINING – National CASA 2017 Pre-service curriculum Facilitated train-the-trainer in August Adopted by about 1/3 of programs in the fall Facilitated quarterly call in November to support, coach and provide feedback to National CASA National CASA made improvements/edits and rolled out in January More programs implemented in January Next quarterly call in February 2018

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2018 ILLINOIS CASA STATE CONFERENCE

May 3 and 4, 2018

Conference overview Agenda: Thursday, May 3rd Directors’ Day Staff Support Half Day Board Meeting Social Event Friday, May 4th Full-Day Conference Event Morning Plenary Sessions Afternoon Breakout Sessions