opioids Archives - Louisiana Budget Project

August 22, 2018

TANF at 22

The federal welfare “reform” law that created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program turns 22 years old today.

Number of the Day

4 - The percent of low-income families in Louisiana that receive TANF cash assistance. (Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

August 16, 2018

Deadly conditions in East Baton Rouge prison

Louisiana may no longer have the highest incarceration rate in the nation, but the conditions that prisoners are subject to has come under fire in a new report about conditions in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

Number of the Day

250,000 - The number of federal direct student loan borrowers who see their loans go into default for the first time every quarter. (Source: The Urban Institute)

March 2, 2018

A final swing at revenues?

The House is scheduled to come back into session at 10 a.m. to vote on a set of stalled tax bills that have been the subject of intense negotiations over the last several days. Legislators hit an impasse late Wednesday, but House and Senate leaders met Thursday to discuss a path forward.

Number of the Day

2.9 percent - Percentage of patients hospitalized for opioid-related causes who were uninsured in 2015 - down from 13.4 percent two years earlier, before the Affordable Care Act (Source: CBPP via Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

February 16, 2018

Getting a loan in Lafayette

Buying a home - and building the equity that is the foundation of most family wealth - is much harder in America for people of color.

Number of the Day

$3.9 million- Taxpayer dollars used since 2004 to settle harassment claims of state workers. (Source: The Advocate)