What is Advocating for Kentucky’s Children – The Power of One Caring Adult ®?
Each year, the Kentucky CASA Network hosts an annual conference. This year, the KCN is partnering with the Administrative Office of the Courts to further the reach of this event. The audience of this conference will include CASA program staff, volunteers, and board members, Citizens Foster Care Review Board State Board members, support staff from the Administrative Office of the Courts, judges, and other stakeholders who advocate on behalf of Kentucky’s abused and neglected children. The conference provides attendees with plenary and breakout sessions from local and national trainers, an awards luncheon honoring advocates throughout the state, and plenty of networking opportunities.
What is CASA?
Court Appointed Special Advocates are community-based volunteers who are appointed by judges to serve in child abuse and neglect cases. Once assigned to a child, the volunteer researches the child's case, reviews documents, interviews relevant people, and makes a report to the court as to what is in the best interest of the child in terms of services, placement, visitation, reunification, and permanency. CASA volunteers are objective community members who are not part of the child welfare system. They focus their efforts solely on gathering information and making recommendations regarding children in abuse, neglect, or dependency cases – children who would otherwise have no voice.
Levels of Support
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Awards Luncheon Sponsor ($1500) [SOLD OUT]
Includes company/agency logo in conference program with written and verbal recognition at awards luncheon
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Implicit Bias Track Sponsor ($750) [SOLD OUT]
Includes company/agency logo in conference program with written and verbal recognition during implicit bias track sessions; this unique sponsorship opportunity will allow stakeholders outside of CASA/CFCRB to attend the Implicit Bias track sessions at no cost
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Breakfast Sponsor ($500)
Includes company/agency logo in conference program with written recognition during breakfast
Workshop Sponsor: Includes company/agency logo in conference program -
Workshop Sponsor ($250)
Includes company/agency logo in conference program
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Exhibit Table ($175) [1 TABLE REMAINING]
An exhibit table includes a table and two chairs with mention in the conference program. Exhibit tables will be located in a high traffic area between the ballroom (where plenary sessions are held) and the workshop rooms. Exhibitors are responsible for getting the entire exhibit into the site location and to the assigned spot. There is limited exhibition space and early registration is encouraged to guarantee a spot.
All sponsor and exhibitor requests must be submitted by September 15, 2019. If paying offline, checks can be made payable to Kentucky CASA Network and mailed to:
Kentucky CASA Network
1640 Lyndon Farm Court, Suite 108
Louisville, KY 40223
For more information, contact Melissa Paris.
About the Kentucky CASA Network (KCN)
The Kentucky CASA Network is the principal organizer of Advocating for Kentucky’s Children – The Power of One Caring Adult ®. The KCN is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, governed by a board of directors, which provides ongoing development, training, technical assistance, and resources to local CASA programs across the Commonwealth. Currently, the Kentucky CASA Network is an association of 23 programs, covering more than one-third of all Kentucky counties. 1100 CASA volunteers served more than 3,500 abused and neglected children in 2018.
