We take the clients to actual work sites where they have indicated an interest in working, as well as other work sites where they may not, so we can gather information on their skills.

You can't create a majority with this election. You can increase the regular minority vote on the council, but you're not going to change the outcome.

First and foremost, it's a good investment. But it's also a model that can be used elsewhere.

Basically the stores make it possible for us to do what we do here. We couldn't do everything we do without the stores.

I hope it's not a problem, ... We're getting a lot of evacuees at the Cajundome and Blackham Coliseum.

We want our clients to stay employed, so with this program we provide contact with them on the job. We'll go in once or twice a month to see how things are going.

We may have a client who worked as a truck driver for 25 years, but injured his back so he can't do that job anymore. We'll do an assessment and help him figure out what is the best direction for him.

Our job is to get our client a job he wants to be at and where there is potential room for growth.

The good thing for us is that everybody's in town, so we lucked out, ... At least one bus stays at each school anyway and that helps out. When you're talking about football that's a lot of transportation with the cheerleaders, band and pep squad. We're fortunate to have enough.