Support & Services for Children in Athens County, Ohio
Mon, Jul 17
|Athens
Stephanie Kendrick, Friends of Athens CASA Board Member & Athens County Board of Developmental Disabilities MUI Coordinator, will present on the services offered to clients through ACBDD and other county-wide resources.
Time & Location
Jul 17, 2023, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Athens, 701 E State St, Athens, OH 45701, USA
About the event
Stephanie Kendrick is the MUI Compliance Coordinator at the Athens County Board of Developmental Disabilities. Prior to this role, she worked as a Service & Support Administrator for children and adults with developmental differences, and as a Case Manager at Rural Women's Recovery Program. Once upon a time, when her life was a little too chaotic to manage it more successfully, she even served as a CASA volunteer! She earned a Masters of Social Sciences from Ohio University and tries hard to have no free time whatsoever. Her list of extracurriculars include service on the Friends of CASA Board, and the Native Foods Education Organization Board. She is a Councilwoman for the Village of Albany, and the 2023/2024 Athens Poet Laureate.
Upon completing this session, participants will:
- Gain a better understanding of the services offered by the Athens County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
- Possess a deeper knowledge of how to best serve chidlren they may be appointed to as a CASA Volunteer.
- Collect a number of different resources to best support children in Athens County, Ohio who experience developmental differences.
This training has been partially funded through a contract between Ohio CASA and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. OHIO CASA supports local CASA/GAL programs throughout Ohio with training, technical assistance, legislative support, and standards implementation so volunteers may advocate for abused, neglected, and dependent children in the court system.