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about HOPEHOPE Ministries, Capital Area United Way member agency,serves the impoverished of East Baton Rouge Parish byhelping families at-risk for homelessness reach self-sufficiency through three primary programs:

Family Mentoring ProgramGetting Ahead in a Just-Gettin-By World poverty

workshop seriesClient Choice Food PantryHOPEs team, with over 75 years combined experienceworking with people in at-risk communities, along with ourvolunteers establish relationships that help the people weserve become independent with dignity. HOPE has con-ducted multiple trainings for volunteers who mentor peoplein crisis. And HOPE volunteers have given thousands ofhours serving families in need.

For more information, go to www.hopebr.org

Richard Dick Stonich, retired Senior Vice President and

Corporate Secretary of Iberville Bank, has more than 38 yearsexperience in the banking and financial industry. After hisretirement, Dick began volunteering with HOPE as a financialconsultant for our clients and he facilitates Getting Ahead in aJust-Gettin-By Worldworkshop series. Dick is committed tohelping people understand how correctly managing finances

can truly change their life circumstances. With vast experi-ence and knowledge, Dick helps workshop participantsexplore the issues that many families face today in aninteractive, motivating and thought-provoking manner.

Dicks extensive work with the impoverished and his personalhistory with alcohol addiction and subsequent rehabilitationand recovery give him personal knowledge of the strugglespeople in poverty face on a day-to-day basis. He has traveledthroughout the nation speaking to groups through AlcoholicsAnonymous. HOPE Ministries contracts with Dick to instruct

the Understanding the Dynamics of Poverty workshop basedupon his lifelong experience in the financial industry, his ex-tensive work with the impoverished and his personal experi-ence with addictive disorders.

about the trainer

Understanding

t h e d y n a m i c s o f Poverty

A workshop

for case

managers,

social workersor anyone

who wants to

learn more

about the

impact ofpoverty and

how to help

This program has been approved forsix (6) continuing education contact hours by the

National Association of Social Workers, Louisiana Chapter,

as authorized by theLouisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners,and may be applied toward the continuing education requirements

for licensure renewal.

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