The Forgotten Children

Published: March 21, 2016, 12:37 a.m.

b'Aired Sunday, 20 March 2016, 2:00 PM ET

Allayah speaks with her close friend Zane Grant about his work with the children who fall between the cracks of society and are so quickly forgotten.

About the Guest Zane Grant

Zane Grant is the Executive Director of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Pueblo, Colorado \\u2013 a position that he has held since 2002. Zane is originally from New Mexico and moved to Colorado in 1993 to pursue his education. Zane is a graduate from the University of Southern Colorado with a bachelor\\u2019s degree in Social Work and a graduate from New Mexico Highlands University with a Master\\u2019s degree in Social Work. Zane is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Colorado.

Zane has been actively involved and working with Pueblo\\u2019s youth for over twenty years in several different capacities. Before coming to CASA, Zane worked as a child welfare caseworker for the Pueblo County Department of Social Services for several years. Zane served as an Adjunct Faculty Instructor at Pueblo Community College from 2002 to 2012. Zane also served as the Board President for Mental Health America of Pueblo from 2011 to 2012 and again in 2015.

In addition to his duties with CASA, Zane is an adjunct faculty instructor for New Mexico Highlands University and is a newly appointed Board Member for the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies Social Work Examiners Board.

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