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Claude Martin discusses the evolution of AcadianaCares from a volunteer initiative to a regional continuum of care.

From a volunteer-run initiative in the 1980s to a regional continuum of care in 2026: On this episode of Discover Lafayette, we sit down with Claude Martin, CEO of AcadianaCares, to talk about what it looks like when a community builds an institution out of necessity, and then keeps rebuilding it for four decades. AcadianaCares […]

People in this episode

Host: Jan Swift

Guest: Claude Martin

Topics covered

• community care
• healthcare
• institution building
• volunteerism
• regional services

Keywords

• AcadianaCares
• Claude Martin
• community care
• healthcare
• volunteer initiative
• continuum of care
• institution building

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Organizations: AcadianaCares

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