Elizabeth Hutchison is director of business development for the Employees 1st program. Previously, she worked for five years in philanthropic services for the Baton Rouge Area Foundation.
Employees 1st is a program of the Employee Assistance Foundation—a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, public, non-profit organization. The program was started in 2005 by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation.
Employees 1st allows companies to establish emergency assistance funds that are in place to award grants when employees are in need.
For more information about the work at the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, don't forget to visit braf.org.