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September 2, 2022
Advocacy, Child Well-Being

Open Letter to Governor and Legislature regarding Department of Children and Family Services

The following open letter to Louisiana’s Governor and Legislature relates the root cause of DCFS’s current condition to Louisiana’s long… Read More


May 31, 2021
Healthy Louisiana

Where Does it Go?

A Medicaid Management Company’s intentional refusal to cover the cost of requested services is not reasonable. A case in point… Read More


May 1, 2021
Advocacy

Louisiana’s Support for Neediest Children is Stuck in the Past

Louisiana Lives in the Past The Louisiana Legislature is once again considering an increase to Louisiana’s Foster Care Board Rate…. Read More


April 19, 2021
Advocacy, Foster Care

Louisiana Foster Care Board Rate Inadequate for Decades

Louisiana’s Foster Care Board Rate Too Low for Decades April 19, 2021 – Louisiana – Fourteen years ago in 2007,… Read More


December 1, 2020
Methodist Children's Home of Southwest Louisiana, Press Release

Methodist Children’s Home in Sulphur Reopens After Hurricane Laura

Methodist Children’s Home in Sulphur Reopens After Hurricane Laura December 1, 2020 – Sulphur, LA – Today, Methodist Children’s Home… Read More


September 18, 2020
Building and Grounds, Methodist Children's Home of Greater New Orleans

Foundations Poured for Administration Building in Southeast Louisiana

The weekend’s “Top Story” in the Hammond Daily Star is a great article about the beginning of Phase II construction… Read More


March 12, 2020
Coronavirus and COVID-19

Louisiana Methodist Children’s Homes limit visitation to “Slow the Spread” of coronavirus across the state

March 12, 2020, Ruston, Louisiana – Responding to a directive from Louisiana Department of Health, Louisiana United Methodist Children and… Read More


July 20, 2019
Advocacy, Child Well-Being, Louisiana Children in Crisis

Lunch Shaming is Wrong

I did not learn everything I needed to know in Mrs. Waggoner’s kindergarten in Beeville, Texas, but I did learn… Read More


June 16, 2019
History, Leadership

Trying the Reality of Love

June 16, 2019 – Ruston – On this Father’s Day I will share a story with you from our past…. Read More


April 13, 2019
Advocacy, Foster Care

Foster Parents Supplement Louisiana Board Rate

This morning I have considered the unfairly low board rate paid to Louisiana’s foster parents. Lousiana’s foster parents deserve a… Read More


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