Update

I have been compiling research on training and have still yet to get an interview but Megan emailed me today and said she is working on that.

Some questions I will pose in my interview are:
- What is the average time one spends in training?
- Is there online training available?
- How do you train for disciplining kids?
- How do you deal with teaching of religion, if any is allowed?
- What is the basic outline of training? What all goes into it?
-and more to come..

My current feelings with this project is uneasy because I haven't got any footage for the project and we are coming into the final stretch of the semester pretty quick. I have a good amount a research so hopefully I will be able to knock the artist statement out fast so I will have enough time to edit the footage I get.

Primary Criteria

For Becoming a Foster Parent
The ability to provide a safe, nurturing home; sufficient income to support a child; and good mental and physical health. You can own or rent your home; be single or married; male or female.
In Addition, you must:
Be at least the age of 21, and pass tuberculosis criminal background checks; have adequate space for a child; and be emotionally stable and mature enough to work with children who have been through trauma.
You Will be trained
Volunteers are required to go through a thirty-two hour training over several sessions. This training covers the roles and responsibilities of CASA, the history and laws of child abuse, cultural awareness, and understanding families and children. A court observation is also required. At the end of the training, there is a swearing-in ceremony.