Child poverty Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Louisiana Budget Project

April 16, 2018

The widening racial pay gap

The economic gap between white and black households in New Orleans has grown wider in recent decades, with African American families actually earning less, on average, than in 1979 after adjusting for inflation.

Number of the Day

$7 - Savings to American taxpayers, over time, for every $1 invested in reducing child poverty (Source: Mark Rank via New York Times)

December 13, 2017

Medicaid brinksmanship

The health care received by 1.5 million Louisianans continues to hang in the balance as Gov. John Bel Edwards and Rep. Cameron Henry disagree on small details in the contracts of private companies that manage 90 percent of Louisiana's Medicaid program.

Number of the Day

28.3 - Percent of children in Louisiana living in poverty. (Source: United Health Foundation)

October 6, 2017

New rule released to combat payday loans

The federal consumer watchdog agency finalized long-awaited rules Thursday aimed at reining in predatory payday lenders that provide short-term, high-interest loans to the financially vulnerable.

Number of the Day

Number of the Day 9.5 million: Number of additional children who would be living in poverty if the poverty rate had remained unchanged since 1967. (Source: CBPP)

October 20, 2016

Oct. 20: School investments down

State spending per K-12 public school student in Louisiana fell 3.6 percent between 2008 and the 2017 fiscal year, after adjusting for inflation.