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January 3, 2018
Foster Care, Louisiana Children in Crisis, Methodist Foster Care

A Child Needs You! Louisiana’s Children Need More Foster Homes.

Child welfare professionals were delighted in 2013 when the Congressional Budget Office reported the number of children in foster care… Read More


October 19, 2017
Advocacy, Louisiana Children in Crisis

Child-poverty: Louisiana’s Steady-state Crisis

Good evening, Friends! I attended the 2nd National Building Bridges Initiative this week so I missed some of the daily… Read More


August 21, 2017
Advocacy, Child Well-Being, History, Louisiana Children in Crisis

Child Well-being Deja Vu

Have you ever read an old document and, as you settled into it, you found yourself confused about whether you… Read More


June 19, 2017
Child Well-Being, Foster Care, Louisiana Children in Crisis

Louisiana Department of Health Focuses on Opioid Epidemic

Bad enough for parents, parental opioid abuse is especially harmful to children and has lifelong consequences for them including removal… Read More


June 18, 2017
Advocacy, Child Well-Being, Louisiana Children in Crisis

Louisiana Legislature Acts for Children

While the budget debates during the Louisiana Legislature’s first Special Session of 2017 kept child advocates on the edges of… Read More


June 10, 2017
Advocacy, Child Well-Being, Louisiana Children in Crisis

No Excuse Remains, Louisiana

There is no longer any excuse for ignoring Louisiana’s children. For anyone who has waited for the condition of Louisiana’s… Read More


May 21, 2017
Advocacy, Child Well-Being, Louisiana Children in Crisis

Louisiana’s Infant Mortality Rank Among Nations

Earlier this month our blog posted an article titled, “Infant Mortality: Louisiana Lags Latvia“. The chart below graphically represents the… Read More


March 17, 2017
Advocacy, Child Well-Being, Louisiana Children in Crisis

Too Few Louisiana Children Receive Necessary Dental Care

Louisiana’s Children in Crisis: Too Few Louisiana Children Receive Necessary Dental Care 03/17/2017 A few years ago, a bowl of… Read More


July 10, 2015
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Louisiana Still Needs Therapeutic Group Homes for Children

7/10/2015 – A year has passed since the June 2014 release of the advocacy paper, “Louisiana’s Children are Being Placed… Read More


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