Pictured are (L-R) Denise McNaughton, Community Manager w/Village de Memoire, Carleen Bellard, Executive Director w/Evangeline Community Action Agency, and Lisa Deshotel, Administrative Assistant II w/Village de Memoire.
In Ville Platte, Louisiana on November 17, 2023, Executive Director Carleen Bellard with the Evangeline Community Action Agency presented EHDOC with a 2023 Partnership Award, “In Appreciation for Outstanding Service and Dedication to the Citizens of our Community.” The award was presented during the agency’s Black and Gold event.
The quarterly network marketing meeting of the agency is held at Village de Memoire in Ville Platte quarterly. All of the Service Coordinators and Community Managers work closely with the Community Action Program. EHDOC staff members that are on the board include Lisa Deshotel from Village de Memoire and Landie Thompson from another Louisiana property, Chateau des Amis.
The Evangeline Community Action Agency provides social service programs to low-income residents of Evangeline Parish. A few of the programs that EHDOC partners with include: LiHeap (Electricity credit program), Free Fans for Residents, and Food Cards for Residents.
Other agency services include: Head Start, home gardening program, community food and nutrition program, low-income energy assistance program, home cooling program, food for families/food for seniors and more.
The network meetings consist of guest speakers on local services or marketing ideas, all networking for Evangeline and St. Landry Parishes.
On November 3, 2023, Clyde F. Simon Lakeview I and II Apartments was recognized by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County as recipient of the Spirit of Partnership Award for providing exceptional service. The staff also received a proclamation of gratitude from Senator Tom O’Mara, Assemblyman Philip Palmesano, Assemblywoman Marjorie Byrnes, and Assemblyman Joseph Giglio.
On August 30, EHDOC’s Della Koester, Director of Quality Assurance and Rebecca Beene, Regional Service Coordinator, traveled to Washington, DC to discuss funding for the HUD Service Coordinator Program, to garner support for The Expanding Service Coordination Bill, and to invite government officials to visit EHDOC properties to see first-hand the wonderful work that Service Coordinators do.