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Starting this week, 94% of Louisiana’s children – a little more than 1 million – will start receiving the first monthly payment from the newly enhanced federal Child Tax Credit. The payments are part of the historic $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief law that will help reduce child poverty in the United States by more than 40%. … Read more...
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, as it does every year around this time, recently delivered some bad news about Louisiana’s children. According to its Kids Count Data Book, Louisiana ranks 48th in the country for child well-being. Louisiana has never ranked higher than 46th in the 31-year history of this project. … Read more...
As spring turns to summer in Louisiana, hundreds of thousands children lose access to nutritious school meals. This often leads to hardship as parents make hard choices about which bills to skip so their kids can eat.… Read more...
Baton Rouge – Louisiana legislators take hundreds of votes affecting the lives of millions of their fellow citizens. Collectively, these votes determine the quality of the air we breathe and the water we drink, the education our children receive, the fairness of our criminal legal system and the ability of Louisianans to access affordable health care.… Read more...