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SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS RECEIVE $5,000 OCS STIPENDS HAMMOND -- Five Southeastern Louisiana University senior social work students have been awarded $5,000 stipends through a special program funded by a Louisiana Office of Community Services Title IV-E grant. The program, now in its seventh year at Southeastern, is designed to prepare professional practitioners in the field of child welfare. Each year, participants are selected based on scholarship, leadership and commitment to work with at-risk families and children, said Maurice Badon, coordinator of Southeastern’s child welfare program. Chosen to participate in 2002 were Crystal Effler, Ponchatoula; Toni Flad, Covington; Damon Lowrey and Deanna Roberts, Denham Springs; and Jacqueline Vidrine, Eunice. They have commited to take three child welfare courses, serve an internship in local child welfare offices and work in the field for a year following graduation. The grant also funds the students’ participation in social work and child welfare conferences. SLU_ChildWelfare_Cov.jpg CHILD WELFARE GRANT PROGRAM AT SLU -- Toni Flad of Covington, second from left, is one of five Southeastern Louisiana University senior social work majors participating in a special program funded by a Louisiana Office of Community Services Title IV-E grant designed to prepare professional practitioners in the field of child welfare. Pictured with her, from left, are Southeastern Human Development Department faculty Maurice Badon, coordinator of the Child Welfare Program; Jane Moncrief, Office of Community Services Regional Administrator; Linda Woodruff, interim Social Work Program director, and Judy Laurendine, assistant Child Welfare Program coordinator. SLU_ChildWelfare_Eunice.jpg CHILD WELFARE GRANT PROGRAM AT SLU -- Jacqueline Vidrine of Eunice, second from left, is one of five Southeastern Louisiana University senior social work majors participating in a special program funded by a Louisiana Office of Community Services Title IV-E grant designed to prepare professional practitioners in the field of child welfare. Pictured with her, from left, are Southeastern Human Development Department faculty Maurice Badon, coordinator of the Child Welfare Program; Linda Woodruff, interim Social Work Program director, and Judy Laurendine, assistant Child Welfare Program coordinator. SLU_ChildWelfare_Denham.jpg CHILD WELFARE GRANT PROGRAM AT SLU -- Deanna Roberts and Damon Lowrey of Denham Springs, second and third from left, are among five Southeastern Louisiana University senior social work majors participating in a special program funded by a Louisiana Office of Community Services Title IV-E grant designed to prepare professional practitioners in the field of child welfare. Pictured with them, from left, are Southeastern Human Development Department faculty Maurice Badon, coordinator of the Child Welfare Program; Monica Savoie, Office of Community Services; Linda Woodruff, interim Social Work Program director, and Judy Laurendine, assistant Child Welfare Program coordinator. SLU_ChildWelfare_Ponchy.jpg CHILD WELFARE GRANT PROGRAM AT SLU -- Crystal Effler of Ponchatoula, center, is one of five Southeastern Louisiana University senior social work majors participating in a special program funded by a Louisiana Office of Community Services Title IV-E grant designed to prepare professional practitioners in the field of child welfare. Pictured with her, from left, are Southeastern Human Development Department faculty Maurice Badon, coordinator of the Child Welfare Program; Stacie Capdeboscq, Office of Community Services; Linda Woodruff, interim Social Work Program director, and Judy Laurendine, assistant Child Welfare Program coordinator. |
