Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Chelan/Douglas CASA/GAL program recruits, trains, and supports court-appointed special advocates (CASAs) - who are community-based volunteer guardians ad litem (GAL) that are appointed by judicial officers to speak and act for the best interests of children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse and neglect. CASAs champion the basic rights and essential needs of children and youth who are vulnerable and need their voices heard in the courtroom.
The Chelan/Douglas CASA/GAL program is a powerful voice for abused and neglected children. To be a powerful voice, the program recruits, trains, and supports community volunteers to advocate for the best interest, and enhance the lives, of children who are in the foster care system as a result of abuse and neglect.
CASAs are professionally-trained volunteers who advocate for abused and neglected children both in and out of court. CASAs are instrumental in ensuring the system designed to protect child victims works effectively. Their advocacy helps resolve the case in a timely manner and ensures the child's best interests are considered at every decision point during the case. CASAs bring the community perspective and standard into dependency proceedings, thus contributing to the court's desire to operate openly and fairly. Utilizing trained, culturally-competent, supervised volunteers, the CASA model leverages scarce public resources and provides high-quality advocacy for the needs of children and youth.
The Chelan Douglas CASA/GAL program, with the aid of community members, hands out handmade Christmas stockings filled with gifts to children and youth who are assigned to our program and overseen as a courtesy. All children who are in the foster home or group home receive a Christmas stocking. Approximately 400 Christmas stockings were distributed in 2019. The program also has a fund that provides for extra curricular activities, back-to-school clothing and supplies, and bikes and helmets so that children and youth in foster care do not miss out on the childhood experiences they deserve.
Miscellaneous events and activity: Adoption Day, Community-based training, Hike for a Cause, Legislative advocacy, and scholarship awards
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Lupe Guzman | Member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Philip Milnes | Member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Lisa Melvin | Executive Dir. | 40 | $0 |
| Jason Mathews | Member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kc Kwak | President Elect | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kathryn Etherington | Member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Rhonda Noah | Member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kim Oglesbee | Secretary | 0.5 | $0 |
| Nicole Brown | Treasurer | 0.5 | $0 |
| Julie Broxson | Member | 0.5 | $0 |
| Larry Woodward | Past President | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jordan Miller | President | 0.5 | $0 |
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