DSS Director Gerald Miller presented the April 1994 Achiever of the Month award to Ellen Haase of Gratiot County. Miller selected Haase, a single parent, to receive the award because of her extraordinary efforts to make herself and her daughter independent of the welfare system.
Haase's AFDC benefits were closed in October of 1993 after she started working at the St. Louis Head Start. Her food stamp case was closed in February of 1994.
A 1993 MOST Program participant, Haase simultaneously earned a certificate in business management from Davenport College and a child development associate degree from Montcalm Community College. Currently employed as a teacher's assistant at the Ashley Head Start program, she is also working toward a bachelor's degree in child development at Montcalm.
Haase has joined Eastminster Presbyterian Church, where she is a Sunday school teacher and serves on the Christian Education Committee, in addition to other church activities. Daughter Heather, meanwhile has "graduated" from kindergarten and is attending first grade this fall.
Haase is currently in the process of licensing her home to be a foster parent and hopes to adopt a foster child.
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DSS Director Gerald Miller presented the April 1994 Achiever of the Month award to Ellen Haase of Gratiot County. Miller selected Haase, a single parent, to receive the award because of her extraordinary efforts to make herself and her daughter independent of the welfare system.
