by AMilsop | Dec 31, 2020 | CASA Blog, CASA Updates
I have never been much for celebrating a New Year. I could never muster delight in flipping the calendar from one month of winter to the next. And New Year’s resolutions seem doomed to fail—either they’re too much of a change to be sustainable, or they’re laughably...
by cbyler | Sep 15, 2020 | CASA Blog, CASA Updates
Being a CASA is hard, taxing work—sometimes physically, almost always mentally and emotionally. I have personally worked three separate cases over the last five years. Each case is unique with challenges, disappointments, rewards, and successes. As a peer coordinator,...
by Ben McKee | Sep 12, 2020 | CASA Blog, CASA Updates
The COVID-19 pandemic has left many reeling as livelihoods, schedules and institutions have been turned upside down. This is nothing new for children in foster care. Already at greater risk than their peers to not graduate high school, these young people in the...
by AMilsop | Aug 12, 2020 | CASA Blog, CASA Updates
Yellowstone County continues to grapple with the coronavirus, and we have entered the dog days of summer. Some kids and teens love this time of year and all the sunshine and Vitamin D they can get! On the other hand, some of your CASA youth may be spending more time...
by Ben McKee | Jul 15, 2020 | CASA Blog, CASA Updates
Debbie Desjarlais describes herself as a Native American graphic designer. Based in Billings, she is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, and an Assiniboine descendent. Growing up, Debbie spent her early years in Billings and on the Fort...
