2008 FRIEND OF SSW AWARDED TO TAMARA TATUM
Richmond resident Tamara Stewart has won the 2008 Friend of Social Work Award from the Kentucky Association of School Social Work. Stewart currently is the training coordinator for the Kentucky Center for School Safety, where she has developed and coordinated school-safety training for the state's school districts since 2004. She also recently administered a half-million dollar drug prevention grant that served 22 eastern Kentucky school districts.
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The award was presented Oct. 24 at the association's annual conference in Louisville. In recognizing Stewart for the award, Tina Johnson, a school social worker for Jefferson County Public Schools, cited her support of school social workers. "Her passion for at-risk youth and the support and encouragement she gives adults who work with them were the primary attributes that deemed her the award winner," Johnson said.
Prior to joining the Kentucky Center for School Safety, based at Eastern Kentucky University, Stewart was the associate director of the Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State Agency Children, which oversees educational services for children who are in state custody in facilities such as group homes and juvenile detention centers.
She also has worked for the state Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation Services and served as the director of the Family Resource/Youth Service Center for several Clark County schools.
Stewart donates time to a variety of human services groups. As a volunteer with the Madison County Health Now Clinic, she provides counseling services for adults and children who have no medical card or health insurance. She also is a volunteer with Bluegrass Hospice.
Pictured at right: Tina Johnson, KASSW President, Tamara Stewart, Kentucky Center for School Safety, and Nijel Clayton, Kentucky Department of Education
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