School of Social Work
311 Huey P. Long Field House
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: (800) 848-7111
Phone: (225) 578-5875
Fax: (225) 578-1357

Poverty is the root of the economic, social and environmental deficiencies, undermining efforts to shift the economies of the states in the mid-south region into diversified sectors such as technology, advanced sciences, and entertainment.

For this reason, the Poverty Initiative will actively pursue partnerships to promote micro-enterprises, entrepreneurship, workforce development, and contribute to reversing the current human capital deficit in the mid-south region, especially among our most vulnerable citizens.

Our goals:

• Change the fate of the mid-south region by providing new opportunities for collaboration between community, industry, and higher education
• Expand the knowledge on a broad range of issues related to poverty and public policy
• Form mentoring programs
• Transform scholarly research by giving researchers the advantage to connect with industry and community
• Develop new course work to guide and mentor a new breath of multidisciplinary scholars
• Extend the finding of research through the interaction and collaboration with community partners
• Enhance the ability of the community to use and understand research based initiatives to change their quality of life
• Connect funders with projects that have a solid impact
• Inform policy makers
• Redirect the attention of the nation to areas of real need

We invite you to join our mission by collaborating with us or by giving to our cause.