Counseling anyone?
The Joint Committee on the budget approved a handful of new expenditures Thursday, with most of the money coming from federal sources.
One of the more curious deals was some $2.5 million of federal funds through the Office of Workforce Development. The project: hiring "reintegration" counselors – made up of hurricane survivors – to help other hurricane survivors with “career and life counseling.”
At least a bachelor’s degree is required, but not necessarily a degree in counseling.
And the pay for work: $40,000 for six months.
"It seems like we're doing a whole lot of assessing and not much servicing," said state Rep. Lydia Jackson, D-Shreveport.
If the state doesn't use the money, it has to be returned to Washington, lawmakers were told.
One of the more curious deals was some $2.5 million of federal funds through the Office of Workforce Development. The project: hiring "reintegration" counselors – made up of hurricane survivors – to help other hurricane survivors with “career and life counseling.”
At least a bachelor’s degree is required, but not necessarily a degree in counseling.
And the pay for work: $40,000 for six months.
"It seems like we're doing a whole lot of assessing and not much servicing," said state Rep. Lydia Jackson, D-Shreveport.
If the state doesn't use the money, it has to be returned to Washington, lawmakers were told.
posted by The Times at 8:37 AM
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