Who's Who?
Celebrate!
Elevate!
Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!
Collaborate!
100

Who cares? We care! This Director began her career at VOANLA as a Program Coordinator 13 years ago.

Who is Yolanda Thomas?

100

This new HR system allows for clocking in and out on cell phones, electronic benefit enrollment, online training, and soon annual evaluations.

What is Paycor?

100

Game on! 71% of clients who completed this new program for homeless youth moved to permanent housing.

What is Level Up?

100
Employees received a paid day off for this national holiday for the first time this year.

Juneteenth

100

This new collaboration between programs will provide student enrichment opportunities over the holidays.

What is Camp Glow?

200

This employee began as a clinician, moved up to Clinical Supervisor, was promoted to Program Director, and is now a Division Director after 12 years with VOANLA and helped make a couple of clients' wishes come true.

Who is Jeannie Kanode?

200

This program helped 93% of their adult clients avoid hospitalization this year.

What is Behavioral Health?

200

This division successfully implemented payroll for almost 400 employees on Paycor, the new HR solutions software.

What is Accounting/Finance?

200
This committee offered chair aerobics and a delicious smoothie demonstration during one of our monthly Zoom calls.

What is the Flourish Committee?

200

This program works with Logistics to provide and manage 103 affordable living units.

What is Housing?

300

In the beginning, this employee was a clinician. Soon they were promoted to Clinical Supervisor, Program Director, and Vice President over a span of 6 years and 8 months.

Who is Jenesis Gibson?

300

In this program, 82% of the students served met or made progress on at least one of their academic goals.

What is Communities In Schools?

300

OMG and soft as an easy chair! Eighty new donors pledged their support to one of these two VOANLA societies last April.

Cherish the Children of God or Evergreen

300

Members of this committee sponsored a training on compassion fatigue during one of the Leadership Series Zoom calls.

What is the Trauma Informed Care Committee?

300

In a partnership with Ochsner Health, this program has provided more than 600 services for 60 clients to help them navigate their complex health issues.

What is Community Health Worker?

400

ABC! Easy as 1,2,3! This Vice President started their career at VOANLA as direct care staff 22 years ago.

Who is Donny Jackson?

400

This division helped 182 households find permanent housing. Thank you for your service!

What is Veteran Services?

400

Just in case you haven't heard, this new committee managed to create a local resource guide and manual this year.

What is the Case Management Committee?

400

The co-chairs of this committee compared employee survey results from a recent survey with a survey taken in 2019.

What is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee?

400

Like the spokes on a wheel, this new SharePoint site will help connect employees and replace the Farm in the future.

What is The Hub?

500

In 1990, this employee began as a case manager and has served as a Program Coordinator for the past 19 years in the Housing program. Happy 32nd anniversary!

Who is Paula Williams?

500

Clients in this program moved into brand new downtown apartments last summer. How grand!

What is Choice Neighborhood?

500

Children and Families is exploring plans to expand the LightHouse program into this parish.

What is Desoto?

500

This local health system sent a mobile unit to VOANLA to conduct free health screenings for our employees.

Ochsner/LSU Health System

500

In this new division, 55% of Choice Neighborhood clients were employed, and 100% of Community Health Worker clients made progress.

What is Care Coordination?