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To address legal and medical questions and concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccination programs and safety for its network of 948 state organizations and local programs, the National CASA\/GAL Association hosted a webinar for its member programs on April 23, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Webinar presenters, Dr. Armando Correa and Barry Hartstein, shared invaluable expertise during the webinar. Correa is an infectious diseases physician and medical director of International Patient Service of Texas Children&#8217;s Hospital. Hartstein is a shareholder at Littler, the world\u2019s largest labor and employment law firm, and lead of the firm\u2019s Vaccination Working Group. Moderated by National CASA\/GAL General Counsel and Chief Public Policy Officer, Russell Jacobs, topics discussed included employees\u2019 requests to be excused from vaccination programs, wage and hour issues, employee safety, workers\u2019 compensation, privacy related issues, and safety measures. This is just one of the many ways National CASA\/GAL provides ongoing training and support to our network during the pandemic. To learn more, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcasagal.org\/news-events\/covid-19\/\">read our COVID-19 Impact Report<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National CASA\/GAL provides ongoing training and support to our network during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalcasagal.org\/medical-and-legal-experts-share-covid-19-vaccination-considerations-for-casa-gal-volunteers-and-staff\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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