La. Department of Children and Family Services secretary will speak at Press Club on Sept. 18

Marketa Walters, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, will speak to the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Sept. 18. Walters will discuss workforce development and a new grant for the department. Press Club meets on Mondays at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel, which is located at 102 France St., in the East and West Baton Rouge Room. Parking is free in the garage off Mayflower Street. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $13 for members and $17 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.