Ms.
Francois is African Services' senior HIV case manager conducting client
intake and needs assessment, developing service plans, and managing and
providing guidance to the other case managers. She faciliates a weekly
multilingual support for immgirants newly-diagnosed with HIV and works
in close coordination with the housing and Independent Living Skills
programs to connect clients with the spectrum of care and support
offered at African Services. Previously, she worked for UNICEF in her
home country of Haiti as a project officer developing a network of
civil society organizations to promote awareness of children's rights
in public opinion and law, supervising rehabilitation programs for
homeless and street children, and developing an education and training
program for incarcerated women and children. She also provided
extensive technical support to UNICEF offices in Cameroon and Chad.
Claudette also worked as a liaison to USAID in the Bureau of
Agricultural Credit, Ministry of Agriculture in Haiti. In addition to
her international experience, she was as a caseworker in foster care
and adoption servies for Harlem-Dowling Children's Services in New
York. Claudette has a BS in social welfare from Adelphi University and
speaks French and Haitian-Creole, in addition to English.
