Child poverty down, and 6 more facts from New Orleans Youth Index, By Danielle Dreilinger, December 16, 2016, New Orleans Times-Picayune: “New Orleans’ young people could thrive if conditions were different. That’s what The Data Center says in its 2016 Youth Index, released Wednesday (Dec. 14). The report compiles figures on poverty, education, housing and other factors that shape lives. It updates the 2015 edition…”
Tag: Louisiana
Medicaid Expansion – Louisiana
Medicaid expansion enrollment tops 326K people in Louisiana, By Elizabeth Crisp, October 20, 2016, Baton Rouge Advocate: “Enrollment in Louisiana’s expanded Medicaid program has topped 326,000, leaving the state just 50,000 shy of the goal it aims to reach by July. The Louisiana Department of Health announced the updated enrollment figure on Thursday, as well as some key treatment numbers…”
Child Care Subsidies – Louisiana
The state-budget cuts trapping poor parents, By Della Hasselle, September 29, 2016, The Atlantic: “Over the summer, Kinsley, then 19 months, was just starting to develop her vocabulary. Sometimes her mom, Christian Gobert, laughed about it, because the word Kinsley knew best was ‘no.’ But jokes aside, the New Orleans mother worries about her child’s language development, which she says is slower than some of her daughter’s peers…”