Special Programs
Distance Education Opportunities
Numerous courses taught in the Department of Counseling and Human Development
are regularly offered as 100 percent online. All courses are Internet supported and several are offered as blended course options (50 percent online-50 percent face-to-face) giving students much more flexibility.
Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant
The Social Work Program, through a Federal Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant, administers several projects aimed at strengthening child welfare services in Louisiana. The grant provides stipends to social work students interested in working in the field of public child welfare. In addition, the grant sponsors initiatives to recruit and retain foster and adoptive parents in the region.
Discovery Project
The Discovery Project, supported through the Social Work Program, is a family resource center providing services to families in Southern Louisiana. Services include:
family education classes, case management, family and youth mentoring, supervised visits, life skills training, transportation, and many other services designed to strengthen families.