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2002 Winner
Duane Kinnison |
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Joan Reed, Family
Support Worker, has worked for Pinellas County Health Department STOP (Special Teen
Outreach Program) for ten years. She meets
with clients at their chosen location to achieve the program’s goal: prevent pregnancy and ensure clients graduate from
high school. She helps students get out of
inappropriate environments and into counseling, graduate from high school and go on to
college. The word can’t is not in
Joan’s vocabulary, rather can, will, and how are frequently
used.
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Duane
Kinnison, Resource Teacher with the Homeless Education
Assistance Team, has been with Pinellas County Schools/Dropout Prevention for seven years. He not only ensures that homeless children have
the educational services needed, but that they receive any material needs as well. On a two-week winter school break, he used his own
truck to pick up items to distribute to homeless shelter residents. Duane is an inspiration to co-workers, helping
them in any way he can to reach their full potential.
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Francesca Lorenzen,
Social Worker, has worked with the
Pinellas County Schools Homeless Project for four years. She
coordinates back-to-school shopping trips for homeless families, and
assists them in finding housing, medical, and dental assistance. She
developed and maintains the Homeless Project website, which gives
information about the project and resources available. One
co-worker says that Francesca “makes me work harder because she is an inspiration to
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| Lillie McFarley, Child
and Family Consultant, has worked with Coordinated Child Care’s Project Challenge
Program for one-and-a-half years, and the agency more than ten years. She assists countless children with behavioral
challenges, along with
their parents, in maintaining child care placements that maximize
the children’s success while there, and
improve behavior at
home. Lillie routinely volunteers for several
additional agency
and collaborative workgroups, including the holiday Adopt-a-Family Committee and Project
Safe Start.
To nominate an outstanding human service provider contact:
Eddie Burch
Phone: 727-547-5676
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