2025 MCC Civil Legal Attorneys In-Person Training

Invitation-Only Training

August 18-19, 2025 in Baton Rouge, LA

Download brochure/schedule: 2025MCC Civil Legal Services MeetingBRLA.pdf

Training Description:

This in-person training brings together My Community Cares (MCC) Civil Legal Attorneys and MCC stakeholders to strengthen the shared vision, practices, and impact of preventative civil legal advocacy in Louisiana. Through guided sessions led by judicial and legal leaders, participants will explore the foundational framework of the MCC civil legal advocacy initiative, the critical role of early civil legal intervention in keeping families safely together, and the practical strategies needed to ensure consistency in process, data collection, and outcome tracking across all sites.

Training Objectives:

• Articulate the shared vision and unified goals of the MCC civil legal advocacy initiative, understanding how legal services support broader prevention strategies to reduce child welfare involvement.

• Explain the legal foundation and practical importance of preventative civil legal advocacy, including common case types and their impact on family stability.

• Identify and apply best practices for intake, referral, and case acceptance across jurisdictions, ensuring consistency and accountability.

• Understand the role of data and storytelling in demonstrating program impact and identify key data points needed to capture legal services outcomes.

• Collaborate on building a unified process for tracking legal issues, interventions, and outcomes (e.g., eviction prevention, safety planning, access to benefits).

Overnight Arrangements:

Attendees who are not from the Baton Rouge or Livingston Regions will stay at the  Baton Rouge Hilton Capital Center.

If you are a Casey Family Programs consultant, Pelican Center employee/consultant, or Louisiana Bar Foundation employee/representative attending the training, please click on the following link to book and pay for your hotel room by July 18, 2025: https://book.passkey.com/e/51076070. You can then seek reimbursement directly from your agency per its process. 

All other attendees outside of the Baton Rouge and Livingston regions, your hotel room will be booked and paid for under the Casey Family Programs budget for this training. Please DO NOT CLICK on the link, as your registration for the training will suffice for booking your hotel room. 

Travel Arrangements:

If you are a Casey Family Programs consultant, Pelican Center employee/consultant, or Louisiana Bar Foundation employee/representative attending the training, please follow your agency's travel reimbursement process. 

All other attendees outside of the Baton Rouge and Livingston regions, Michelle Gros from the Pelican Center, will email travel reimbursement information to you, as you will be reimbursed through the Casey Family Programs budget for this training. Please note that the following 2025 Louisiana Travel Regulations are what will be followed, but clear instructions will also be emailed to you by Michelle Gros:  https://www.doa.la.gov/doa/ost/ppm-49-travel-guide/.