This presentation looks at a revolutionary approach to volunteer management at CASA.

1. The Peer Network
A revolutionary approach for
CASA

2. Court Appointed Special Advocates are
highly specialized volunteers

3. who advocate for the best interest of children
in foster care.

4. National CASA requires a 1 to 30 ratio
of full time staff to volunteers

5. In Lane County, there are over 1,000
children in foster care.

6. and there was NO WAY

7. that the organization could secure sustainable
funding to support the 30 to 1 staffing ratio
in order to provide a CASA volunteer for every child.

8. There were issues with
1 to 30

9. Funding was Unstable

10. Volunteer retention became
reliant on personal versus
organizational based relationships.

11. Changes in staff impacted
volunteer retention

12. Volunteers hesitant to ask for help because staff
had so many volunteers to support.

13. Hundreds of children were stuck in the “system”
without the powerful advocacy of a CASA

14. So, we created the
Peer Coordinator Model

15. The Peer Coordinator Model addresses all the issues from
the 1 to 30 model by leveraging the expertise
of CASA volunteers who have “coaching” type skills

16. .
CASA volunteers who do not want to continue to take
on cases and are seeking a new role within
the organization are trained as a Peer Coordinator (PC)

17. A PC is a critical part of
a trifecta (staff,PC and CASA
volunteer)

18. Staff support 10-15 PCs who are supporting
Staff support 10-15 PCs who are supporting 5-7 CASA volunteers

19. The traditional 30 to 1 model would require
the organization to employ
30+ full time CASA Supervisors

20. To Serve
1000
Children

21. The Peer Coordinator Model
cuts that staffing need in half.

22. Peer Coordinator Model
Solutions

23. Less funding required to meet the need

24. Volunteers are connected to more people
within the organization.
So, retention rate increases

25. More Children Receive Advocacy
Volunteers receive better support because they are
a
part of smaller team

26. Increased return on investment because volunteers
have another way to leverage their
skills to support the mission.the

27. More Children Receive Advocacy
from CASA now

28. Thanks