BETTY BREEN
MEMORIAL TUITION FOUNDATION
At LASACT
’99
in Shreveport, the Betty Breen Memorial Tuition Foundation was
established by the family of Betty Breen and Don Hidalgo. Betty, a
charter member of LASACT, was instrumental in the passage of
legislation to establish the State Board for the Certification of
Substance Abuse Counselors. She served as an officer of both LASACT
and SACO, District II. Her commitment to chemically dependent
clients, and particularly to their families, is evidenced by 15
years of experience as a family counselor.
Betty began
her counseling career after raising seven children. She was
motivated out of her personal journey to find help for herself, her
children, and her spouse to recover from alcoholism. She was married
to Don Hidalgo, another charter member of LASACT and long time
contributor in many areas in our field. Of their seven children,
Lisa Schuster and Leslie Sheets are also counselors and have both
been very active in LASACT and the profession.
When Betty
died in February 1999, her family decided to establish the Betty
Breen Memorial tuition Foundation in her honor. The purpose of the
Foundation is to help ease the financial barriers people face as
they attempt to gain the education and experience necessary to
become certified in the field of Substance Abuse Counseling.
LASACT is
extremely honored that the Hidalgo family chose us to be the
administrative agency for the Foundation.
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The standards and
criteria for applying for financial assistance are as follows:
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The
application form must be completed in a manner that reflects the
applicant’s
ability to write appropriately and effectively. Applications
that
do not meet this standard will be returned.
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The applicant
must be registered as a Counselor in Training (CIT) i.e., not
certified.
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All college
credits, seminars, and educational programs must be specific to
chemical dependency. Programs must be DSM based and exclude such
items as codependency.
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All material
must meet the approval requirements of the Addictive Disorders
Regulatory Authority (ADRA).
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Applicants
must submit requests to LASACT at least two weeks prior to the date of the educational program
for which funds are being requested.
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The maximum
amount that any applicant may receive in one year is $300.00.
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shall be available to any qualified applicant, regardless of
race, creed, or gender. |
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Applicants can call, fax,
e-mail, or write LASACT to request an application form. A form may
also be downloaded from this web site. A committee will review the applications and select recipients.
LASACT will handle payments as directed by the committee. Completed
applications must be returned to LASACT at the address shown below.
Application form can be downloaded by clicking
on the link below.
You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to download
it. The Reader can be downloaded free from
www. adobe.com.
Contact LASACT by mail as follows:
LASACT
P.O. Box 80235
Baton Rouge, LA 70898-0235
Other Contact information
Phone: 225-766-2992
Fax: 225-766-8552
e-mail:
admin@lasact.org.
Betty
Breen Flyer
Betty Breen Information Sheet
Betty Breen Application Form
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