• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Politics / Govt / Programs for "At Risk" kids change

Programs for "At Risk" kids change

May 20, 2002 By admin

The name will change, but Iowa kids who’re at risk still have two valuable programs that get them volunteer help. Jerry Foxhoven, administrator of the state’s Citizen Foster Care Review Board, explains it will join with another. The Foster Care Review Board will merge with CASA, the court-appointed special advocate program which pairs a volunteer with a child who’s involved in a court case, like kids who’re being removed from a dangerous parent. Budget cuts removed the CASA program from the state’s judicial branch, and on July 1st both programs will combine under a new Child Advocacy Board. Foxhoven says it’ll prepare the volunteers so they can do the job well.He says volunteers get 30 hours of start-up training as they prepare to work with kids and families. He says even Department of Human Services officials would agree the agency can’t meet the needs of all kids, and can use the help. It’s possible volunteers in one part of the program could clash with those from another.He says one might recommend a child be returned to a home, another that adoption is best, and at times CASA volunteers have done that with review boards, but they’ll work independently. Foxhoven says the recommendations will be sorted out by the courts.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Politics / Govt

Featured Stories

Governor signs child care expansion into law

Iowa seniors have until July 1 to apply for new property tax break

Smoke from distant fires creates colorful sunrise in Iowa

DOT’s Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division to merge into State Patrol

Iowa’s governor approves liability limits for trucking industry

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Iowa AD Gary Barta announces retirement

Iowa to visit Creighton in Gavitt Tipoff Games

Iowa and Indiana collide Thursday at B1G baseball tournament

Former Hawkeye joins Lisa Bluder’s staff at Iowa

Iowa rolls in B1G Tournament opener

More Sports

Archives

Copyright © 2023 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC