Against Shipping Container Prisons for Louisiana’s Children
We stand against shipping container prisons for Louisiana’s children. Certainly, Louisiana lacks sufficient space for detained and incarcerated children. Based… Read More
Open Letter: OJJ, Football, and Children
PDF Version: Open Letter: OJJ, Football, and Children An Open Letter to Members of the Louisiana State Legislature When Deliberating… Read More
Open Letter: Will Louisiana Refuse Food for Hungry Children?
PDF Version: Open Letter: Will Louisiana Refuse Food for Hungry Children? LinkedIn: Open Letter: Will Louisiana Refuse Food for Hungry… Read More
Louisiana Child Advocacy
During its Fall meeting this week, our Board of Directors reviewed and updated the organization’s By-Laws. The Board established an… Read More
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
Louisiana Child Distress
Ranked 51st in 1990 and 49th in 2022. Louisiana has made little progress in the overall condition of our children…. Read More
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
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
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
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