The first step on your journey to becoming a Court Appointed Special Advocate is to fill out your pre-application today!
Make sure you have turned in your compliance statement for this year. The Annual Compliance form is made available to you on our website for your convenience. Please click on the link and start filling out the PDF to register your annual compliance Annual Compliance Form
To become a Guardian ad litem for the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, attorneys must attend New Guardian ad Litem Training (pre-service training), which the Guardian ad Litem Project offers. New GAL Training will be announced shortly. We hold this training cooperatively with the Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court.
Once an attorney completes New Guardian ad Litem Training, the attorney must submit an
Guardian ad Litem Application to the Guardian ad Litem Project.
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 Trish Kuivenen & Joy Taylor-Powell, Child and Family Advocates of Cuyahoga County talk about their services, the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) & Guardian Ad Litem (GAL), their duties/roles in service to abused & neglected ch |
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 On July 25, Judy Layne, Executive Director; Irene Rennillo, Child and Family Advocates board member and GAL; and Kevin O'Boyle, Child and Family Advocates board member and CASA volunteer, made an appearance on 90.3 WCPN with host, Mike McIntyre, to discuss the need for CASA Volunteers in Cuyahoga County. Please click here to go and listen! The audio interview takes place at the 32:24 minute mark on Ohio Channel On Demand. |
 Child and Family Advocates of Cuyahoga County was the guest charity at the Holistic Fair on Saturday, July 22 at the West Shore Unitarian Church in Rocky River. |
 The 2017 Lakewood Summer Meltdown took place on Saturday, July 8. The Summer Meltdown represents one of the region's most highly-anticipated street parties and draws nearly 10,000 attendees from across Northeast Ohio. |
 Child and Family Advocates of Cuyahoga County's Executive Director, Judy Layne, completed the Cleveland Half Marathon to raise awareness for the needs of abused and neglected children and GAL and CASA advocacy in Cuyahoga County. |
 The Cleveland Council on World Affairs hosted an international visitor delegation through the U.S. State Department for a program called "Children in the U.S. Justice System". This delegation is made up of 7 visitors and 1 liaison for their time in Cleveland. This group is part of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). |
 Child and Family Advocates of Cuyahoga County Staff and Interns attended the ADAMHS Behavioral Health and Human Services Career Fair at the Cleveland Airport Marriott in May to recruit CASA Volunteers and spread the word about the work that CASAs and GALs do for abused and neglected children in Cuyahoga County. |
 The Consortium of African American Organizations (CAAO) is a nonprofit consulting organization which provides benefits and services to member organizations, their members and other individuals through its CAAO's BESTT initiative. |
 Child and Family Advocates of Cuyahoga County Staff attended the 2017 Fatherhood Conference at the Wyndham Playhouse Square Hotel in June. The Cuyahoga County Fatherhood Initiative's Celebration of Fatherhood is an annual forum created specifically to promote healthy father-child relationships, address the social problems that result from "father absence" and strategize as to what we must do, as a community, to ensure that every child has a dad in their lives. |
 Top media executives along with radio & TV personalities served as guest bartenders to raise money for future media professionals. |
 Jazz for Harvard was an outdoor family festival at Idalia Park, hosted by the Harvard Community Service Center. |
 Pictured above is CASA Volunteer, Bryashia Atchison and volunteer, Jessica Carmargo. |
 Pictured above is CASA Volunteer, Bry Atchison and CASA Volunteer Coordinator, Hannah Pasku. |
