Upcoming In-Service Training:

August In-Service Training Movie: Tough Love

August 31, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at:

SCAN of Northern Virginia, 205 S. Whiting St, Suite 205 Alexandria, VA 22304

Offering a rare look at the inner workings of the American child welfare system, Tough Love chronicles the lives of two parents—one in Seattle and one in New York City—as each fights to be reunited with children taken out of their custody. Through intimate, verité footage of both families, we witness first-hand the complex and daunting bureaucracy of America’s family courts. Moreover, we come to understand the powerful role poverty and prejudice play in keeping parents and children apart—and the challenges parents must overcome in order to put their families back together.

Helpful Documents:

> Volunteer Timesheet           > Education Questionnaire           > Alexandria Consent Form

> Arlington Consent Form            > General Release Form

Helpful Contact Information:

Alexandria DHS – 2525 Mt. Vernon St. OR 1900 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria – 703-746-5800

Arlington DHS – 2100 Washington Blvd (3rd Floor), Arlington – 703- 228-1500

City of Alexandria Courts – 520 King St., Alexandria

Arlington County Courts – 1425 N. Courthouse Rd (4th Floor), Arlington

Center for Alexandria’s Children – 1900 N. Beauregard St. #200, Alexandria

CPS Hotline to report child abuse – 703-746-5800 (Alexandria) or 703-228-1500 (Arlington)

Suggested Movies & Books for CASA Volunteers /

Staff Favorites! 

• Girl Interrupted – Film 1999
• Difret – Film 2014
• Girlhood – Film 2003
• Brooklyn Castle – Film 2012
• Dear Zachery: A Letter to a Son About His Father – Film 2008
• An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness – Redfield Jamison
• Finding Fish: A Memoir – Fisher
• A Child Called “It”: One Child’s Courage to Survive – Pelzer
• Crazy: A Father’s Search through America’s Mental Health Madness – Earley
• Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential and Endangered – Perry and Szalavitz

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