Why didn't she talk with police officers before she entered the program?
That would have saved her over $20,000 in loans.

She should consider trying to get into the police force and do a crisis counselling program on the side. At least, that would have given her at least a good salary and benefits. Maybe even the force would pay for it. 

Would highly suggest that she actually talks talks to someone who is involved with crisis counselling or I will be reading a Part 2 to this article in a few years.