1. Welcome ! We will begin our webinar at the top of the hour As you log on, do not be surprised if you don’t hear anyone else; participants are placed on mute in order to limit background noise

2. 2014 Grant Program Input from State and Local Programs

3. Sally Erny, Chief Program Officer Tom Dunn, Chief Financial Officer Presenters

4. Agenda Overview of National CASA grants program Survey data review What’s next Questions

5. Overview of Grants Two funding cycles – Grants program – Mentoring program Both funding cycles – RFP process – Independent reviewers

6. Overview of Funding 2013 awards to state and local programs – Grants program – 71 awards, $2.5M (1 year awards) – Mentoring program – 65 awards, $4.5 (2 yr awards) National CASA awards since 1993 - $125M

7. Survey Data - General Program Information

8. General Program Info

12. Survey Data - Questions

13. Survey Data

24. What’s Next

25. Next Steps Survey results - presentations to state organizations and local programs – through September 30th Take survey results to National CASA Board to inform decision on 2014 grants policies– October 12 th Communication to network about any changes in grants program – February, 2014 2014 Application for funding with recommendations included – April, 2014

26. Questions Watch the weekly Bulletin and the National CASA grants page for updates Tom Dunn, CFO – Tomd@casaforchildren.orgTomd@casaforchildren.org Sally Erny, CPO – Sallye@casaforchildren.orgSallye@casaforchildren.org