1. Illinois CASA
Board Meeting
January 17, 2018
Chicago, IL

2. 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

3. TRAINING UPDATES

4. 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

5. 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

6. OUR WEBSITE

7. Website facelift

8. Website facelift

9. 2018 ILLINOIS CASA STATE CONFERENCE

10. May 3 and 4, 2018

11. 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