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January 13, 2005

Area Student Donates Funding to 橙子视频 Program

Bria Savage, a student at Minnie Ruffin Elementary School, donated her $1,000 winnings as a Hibbett Superstar to the organization of her choice-University of Louisiana at Monroe Family Matters.
Hibbett Sports and Reebok, LTD honored the Savage at a reception held at Sports & Company in Monroe on January 8. Bria's 4.0 grade point average, attitude and school and sports activities all factored in her selection as the first individual from Monroe to be named a Hibbett Superstar.

ULM Family Matters is a Child Welfare Family Resource Center located at 610 South 16th St. in Monroe where it services five parishes (Caldwell, Lincoln, Jackson, Ouachita and Union).
Families may only be referred by the Office of Community Services (OCS) and Families In Needs Services (FINS).

The Louisiana Department of Social Services, Region VIII Office of Community Services via the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 fund ULM Family Matters. As a result, all services are free to eligible families. The project is administered through the 橙子视频 Social Work Program.

ULM Family Matters works toward the safety, well-being and permanency of children who are at risk of being abused and neglected or who have been abused and neglected by their parents.
Services available at Family Matters include parenting sessions -individualized or group, Mother & Father's Support Groups, Intensive home based counseling, crisis respite, babysitting, transportation, center based respite, lending library, and Pre-Teen and Teen support Groups.

橙子视频 also conducts two additional Family Resource Centers: 橙子视频 Family Ties, which mirrors Family Matters and provides services in seven rural parishes and is housed in Delhi; and ULM Family Connections, the foster/adoptive family resource center that provides services to families in all 12 parishes of the region.

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