{"id":8559,"date":"2020-07-23T20:55:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T20:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childrensbureau.org\/?p=8559"},"modified":"2025-02-25T12:06:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:06:36","slug":"kris-corner-what-is-a-casa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fireflyin.org\/ht\/resources\/news-library\/kris-corner-what-is-a-casa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kris&#039; Corner \u2013 Ki sa ki yon CASA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anvan nou te vin paran adoptif, zanmi m yo ki te adoptif ta pale sou CASA yo e aparamman mwen jis pa t konpl\u00e8tman abs\u00f2be sa yon CASA f\u00e8. Oswa ki yon CASA nan yon ka. Oswa sa yon CASA ki enplike nan lavi yon timoun.<\/p>\n<p>Mwen reyalize ke k\u00e8k (oswa anpil) nan nou ka nan menm sitiyasyon an... ou pa vr\u00e8man konnen kisa yon CASA ye oswa ki sa yon CASA f\u00e8. Se konsa, menm si nan k\u00e8k pwen mwen pral ba ou yon lis anpil nan jw\u00e8 yo posib nan jw\u00e8t swen adoptif la, sem\u00e8n sa a mwen ta renmen eksplike w\u00f2l CASA nan epi ansanm glise nan yon souke t\u00e8t nan &quot;m\u00e8si&quot; dam nan ki. te bay t\u00e8t li nan non pitit gason nou an.<\/p>\n<p>Pou k\u00f2manse, yon CASA se yon Defans\u00e8 Espesyal Nonmen Tribinal. Sa a se yon w\u00f2l volont\u00e8, epi li se youn ki s\u00e8vi anba GAL la (Gadyen Ad Litem); sa a se w\u00f2l prensipal nan yon ka kote &quot;travay&quot; moun nan se defann timoun nan.<\/p>\n<p>Koulye a, etonan, menm si chak timoun TA DWE gen yon avoka nan kwen li, se pa tout ka ki gen yon CASA. Eske se paske yo pa bezwen youn? Absoliman pa. Li se paske yo nan ekipman pou kout men demann segond\u00e8. K\u00f2m mwen mansyone, yon CASA se yon pozisyon volont\u00e8 kidonk pa etonan, moun yo pa egzakteman aliman pou w\u00f2l sa a. Kidonk, kite m pran yon poz epi mete ti ploge sa a: si ou vle patisipe epi f\u00e8 yon diferans nan lavi yon timoun adoptif, men ou pa santi w rele pou w pran swen timoun lakay ou, sa a se seryezman yon fason etonan pou w genyen. enpak. Ou ka ale isit la pou plis enf\u00f2masyon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/judiciary\/iocs\/3457.htm\">https:\/\/www.in.gov\/judiciary\/iocs\/3457.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mwen pa vle vante t\u00e8t mwen, men CASA nou an te etonan epi li te kole li pou tout ka a; e sa mwen jwenn ki pi b\u00e8l moso nan istwa a se ke nou toujou an kontak jodi a. Li te la nan yon pwen enp\u00f2tan nan lavi pitit gason nou an e byenke kounye a li ta ka pa totalman konprann ki moun li ye, se travay nou asire w ke li konprann ke li enp\u00f2tan nan istwa fanmi nou an.<\/p>\n<p>Se konsa, wi, li pandye nan la, malgre lef\u00e8t ke l\u00e8 li ok\u00f2mansman te rele m &#039;(l\u00e8 ka pitit gason nou an te tou n\u00e8f), mwen pa t &#039;kapab, pou lavi a nan mwen, sonje sa ki yon CASA te; nenp\u00f2t nosyon oswa konpreyansyon mwen te genyen sou sa ki te yon CASA te konpl\u00e8tman kite d\u00f2mi-prive ak akable s\u00e8vo mwen an. Men, li te di m &#039;non li ak w\u00f2l li epi li te mande ki l\u00e8 li te kapab vizite kay la ak rankontre timoun nan... Mwen te t\u00e8lman akable mwen pa te gen okenn siy sou sa li t&#039;ap pale.<\/p>\n<p>E poutan...paske nan swen adoptif pafwa ou jis woule ak li...Mwen te di, &quot;Asire w, vini sou!&quot; (akty\u00e8lman mwen pa vr\u00e8man konnen egzakteman sa mwen te di, apa ke li te nan afimatif la, paske li te vin vizite nou.) Mwen menm mwen pa sonje tw\u00f2p sou vizit li eksepte ke li te parfe d\u00e9lisyeu, men Men, mwen te konprann konpl\u00e8tman ke li pa t ap gade nan pi bon enter\u00e8 mwen (oswa nenp\u00f2t l\u00f2t moun) ... li te konprann w\u00f2l li a la ak li te tout sou byenn\u00e8t ti bebe sa a.<\/p>\n<p>Li te mande pou yon ka ki pa ta mande anpil tan li k\u00f2m yon ka anvan, men nou pa t &#039;konnen ke ka sa a ta mande plizy\u00e8 randevou dokt\u00e8, 4 vizit yon sem\u00e8n ak apre k\u00e8k. Li pa t &#039;ale nan yo tout (paske se pa sa a nan yon CASA) men li te la osi souvan li te bezwen yo dwe ... pou w\u00e8 m&#039; kominike av\u00e8k ti bebe a, yo w\u00e8 byomam kominike av\u00e8k ti bebe a, yo konprann pwobl\u00e8m medikal li yo. epi det\u00e8mine kisa li te panse ta pi bon pou li ale pi devan. Mwen pa janm tande l &#039;plenyen sou tout tan li te pase sou dosye a... konsantre li se sa ki pral pi bon pou timoun nan, epi li te konprann ke pral nan travay la.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00e8 yon CASA se PA yon gig fasil, men li te f\u00e8 li ... ak anpil l\u00f2t moun te f\u00e8 li tou. Mwen s\u00e8ten li se souvan yon w\u00f2l engra, ak anpil tan ak panse konsakre nan li. Anpil ak anpil atansyon panse. Men, nan fen a, li se yon w\u00f2l ki kenbe omwen yon p\u00e8 nan je sou timoun yo nan swen epi ki ede asire sekirite yo.<\/p>\n<p>Kounye a, mwen konnen Biwo pou Timoun yo, DCS ak tribinal yo f\u00e8 tout sa yo kapab pou asire ke yo pran yon desizyon byen edike pou chak timoun nan sist\u00e8m swen adoptif la, men on\u00e8tman mwen pa konnen ki kote pif\u00f2 ka yo ta ye san konsiderasyon byen reflechi. nan yon CASA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sens\u00e8man,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kris<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before we became foster parents, my friends who had fostered would talk about their CASAs and apparently I just didn\u2019t fully absorb what a CASA does. Or who a CASA is in a case. Or what an involved CASA can mean in the life of a child. 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