Given Louisiana’s 34-year average rank of 49th among the states for Child well-being, it no longer seems reasonable to think of our Children in terms of “well-being,” so, these articles fall under “Louisiana Child Distress News.” For the same reason that no one calls a hospital’s trauma unit or emergency department a “wellness center,” it seems more accurate to consider the condition of Louisiana’s Children in terms of Child distress.
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08/16/2023 | Children account for one-third of Louisiana’s Medicaid roll removals – by Julie O’Donoghue – Louisiana Illuminator
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07/25/2023 | Report: Louisiana one of the worst states for child wellbeing – by Emma Hurt – Axios New Orleans
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06/07/2023 | Editorial: Plenty of revenue, but less money for children | Our Views Staff Editorial, NOLA.com
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06/09/2023 | Louisiana’s Early Care and Education at Risk to Cuts in Funding – by Site Staff, Biz New Orleans
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05/29/2023 | Dispute over teen group home in Pointe Coupee Parish lands in federal court – by Jonathan Shelley, WBRZ2.com
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05/22/2023 | These parishes don’t have a juvenile jail. Sheriffs, DA say that’s getting costly and dangerous – by Rebecca Holland, WBRZ2The Advocate
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05/22/2023 | Can Louisiana’s children be helped? Lawmakers push this potential solution for welfare failures: A bill to create the new ombudsman position is moving through Louisiana’s legislature. by Andrea Gallo, Louisiana Politics section, Times Picayune
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03/16/2023 | Webster officials continue to research answers to youth detention problems – by Bonnie Culverhouse, Webster Parish Journal via ktbs.com
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03/15/2023 | Editorial: To protect kids, we need better staffed agencies | Our Views – Staff Editorial, The Advocate
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02/26/2023 | Louisiana 211 provides vital assistance throughout state – by Jack Barlow, Louisiana Inspired | nola.com
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01/17/2023 | Bogalusa saw its deadliest year in 2022. How can it recover? – by Lara Nicholson, theadvocate.com
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12/23/2022 | Child poverty rates highest in states that haven’t raised minimum wage: Louisiana has the second-highest child poverty rate in the U.S. at 26.3%, by Casey Quinlan, Louisiana Illuminator
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11/19/2022 | ‘Misleading’ health data hid higher rates of asthma-related ER visits in St. John Parish, state cites error – by Joshua Rosenberg, The Lens
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11/04/2022 | John Bel Edwards launches second investigation into Ware Youth Center Child advocate: State should pull incarcerated girls from facility until it is deemed safe – by Julie O’Donoghue, Louisiana Illuminator
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10/27/2022 | School Board aware of EPA’s recommendation to relocate Fifth Ward Elementary students – by Brooke Robichaux, L’Observateur
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08/09/2022 | Louisiana youth prison job applicants who fail abuse screening get second chance: The state struggles to attract employees to work in its juvenile justice facilities. – Julie O’Donoghue, Louisiana Illuminator
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08/09/2022 | Youth justice advocates worry about sending juveniles to Angola – Jessica Knox, BRProud.com
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08/09/2022 | Juvenile justice official suggests Louisiana prosecutors should charge more minors as adults: The Office of Juvenile Justice will be meeting with district attorneys to discuss options – Julie O’Donoghue, Lousiana Illuminator
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08/08/2022 | Louisiana Supreme Court could decide legality of kids being held in out-of-state juvenile detention facilities – Nick Chrastil, The Lens NOLA
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08/08/2022 | Louisiana school district bans corporal punishment – WBRZ.com
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05/11/2022 | Why Louisiana counseling centers are seeing a rise in kids with grief – Roby Chavez, NPR News Hour
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04/11/2022 | Frequent escapes from youth center cause state senator to call for its closure – Sarah Lawrence, WBRZ.com
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04/06/2022 | Lessons on suicide prevention could be in store for Louisiana students – by JC Canicosa, Louisiana Illuminator
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03/10/2022 | “No Light. No Nothing.” Inside Louisiana’s Harshest Juvenile Lockup – Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project; Erin Einhorn and Annie Waldman; NBC News and ProPublica
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03/10/2022 | ‘No light. No nothing.’ Inside Louisiana’s harshest juvenile lockup, quietly opened last year – Beth Schwartzapfel, Erin Einhorn and Annie Waldman | The Marshall Project; NBC News and ProPublica, The Advocate
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02/17/2022 | $1.2 billion needed over next decade to improve child care in Louisiana, state panel says – by Will Sentell, The Advocate
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12/22/2021 | One in five children hungry in Louisiana – Brooke Thorington, LouisianaRadioNetwork.com
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09/09/2021 | Louisiana public defenders don’t know where youths evacuated from detention centers were taken – Rachel Mipro, Louisiana Illuminator
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07/01/2021 | Lifting Louisiana’s economy starts with helping children | Neva Butkus – Neva Butkus, Louisiana Illuminator
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06/29/2021 | Our Views: Louisiana not quite dead last on rankings, but we must do better for our children – Staff Editorial, The Advocate
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06/23/2021 | Louisiana ranks 48th in overall child well-being, a report finds – JC Canicosa, Louisiana Illuminator
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06/21/2021 | Report: Louisiana among worst for child well-being even before COVID; what does future hold? – Charles Lussier, The Advocate
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01/21/2021 | Louisiana schools leader decries plunge in reading scores: ‘I am alarmed’ – Will Sentell, The Advocate |
10/14/2020 | LA ACT scores fall for third consecutive year – Matt Doyle, Louisiana Radio Network |
09/06/2020 | Louisiana has 8th most underprivileged children – Bernadette Lee, KPEL965.com |
06/26/2020 | Why is Louisiana the worst place in US for children? This report breaks it down – Leigh Guidry, Shreveport Times |
05/10/2020 | Sen. Bill Cassidy On Reopening Schools: Children Are Paying A High Price At Home – James Doubek, NPR |
02/14/2020 | Report: Louisiana ranks 50th for economic well-being of its children – David Jacobs, The Center Square |
11/09/2019 | Mentally ill children in Louisiana do not receive adequate services through Medicaid, lawsuit says – Emily Woodruff, Times Picayune |
11/04/2019 | Louisiana ranked second highest in the nation for rates of early births in 2018, a ten-year high – Kaylee Poche, Gambit |
10/31/2019 | New survey shows vaping is increasing in Louisiana’s students, names JUUL as brand of choice – Emily Woodruff, Times Picayune |
08/12/2019 | Church offers prayers for all Calcasieu school employees – American Press Lindsay Halpin |
08/12/2019 | New Louisiana law aims to prevent suicide in schools across state – KPLCTV.com Drew Marine |
07/05/2019 | In La., new youth prisons to replace outdated ones – Daily Comet Grace Toohey |
06/27/2019 | New Orleans schools seek better discipline process as expulsions drop but suspensions rise – NOLA.com|Times Picayune Wilborn P. Nobles, III |
06/26/2019 | Schools chief John White: Early education funding boost still not enough for Louisiana’s children – The Advocate Della Hasselle |
06/19/2019 | Families of 1,400 Louisiana children will soon be added to child care assistance program – NOLA.com|Times Picayune Wilborn P. Nobles, III |
06/17/2019 | Louisiana’s child population drops by 100k over last 3 decades – NOLA.com|Times Picayune Wilborn P. Nobles, III |
03/01/2018 | Louisiana sees 77 percent rise in juvenile human trafficking – BRProud.com, Amber Smith |
01/21/2018 | Mentoring LC youths: City’s juvenile crime rate has risen by 25 percent – The American Press, John Guidroz |
10/23/2017 | Report: Louisiana too quick to toss troubled, especially black students; alternative schools not helping – The Advocate, Will Sentell |
06/09/2017 | Without fanfare, governor’s ban on paddling disabled students expanded – The Advocate, Will Sentell |
06/05/2017 | Louisiana is the worst state in the U.S. for children, report says – NOLA.com | The Times Picayune |
05/16/2017 | Deep-seated student poverty cited as root of Louisiana’s education problems – The Advocate, Charles Lussier |
05/03/2017 | Reduced funding, low salaries put state’s most vulnerable children at risk – Louisiana Budget Project |
05/03/2017 | Louisiana’s learning-disabled students graduate at low rates, report says – NOLA.com | The Times Picayune, Danielle Dreilinger |
05/01/2017 | New study shows just how much Louisiana parents struggle to balance children, careers – The Advocate, Andrea Gallo |
04/14/2017 | Paddling Louisiana students with disabilities? Governor says make it illegal – The Advocate, Will Sentel |
04/12/2017 | Former Orleans judge: Time to stop sentencing children to death by prison – Times Picayune, Judge Miriam Waltzer (retired), letter to the editor |
04/12/2017 | Lack of early education severely limits a child’s future: A letter to the editor – The Times Picayune, Major Gen. (Ret.) Maynard “Sandy” Sanders, letter to the editor |
04/06/2017 | State education officials are investigating an incident in which a 9-year-old was handcuffed at school – The LENS, Marta Jewson |
03/21/2017 | Plan to End Children’s Mental Health Program Faces Pushback – U.S. News and World Reports, Melinda Deslatte |
12/13/2016 | Corporal punishment causes controversy among Louisiana parents – The Town Talk, Miranda Klein and Lex Talamo |
11/30/2016 | Feds ask Louisiana to ban paddling in school – Danielle Dreilinger, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune |
11/28/2016 | DCFS: Rate of drug addicted newborns tripled since 2008 – Louisiana Radio Network |
11/21/2016 | Louisiana ranks #1 for best anti-trafficking laws – The TownTalk, Lex Talamo |
11/16/2016 | “Corporal punishment causes controversy among local parents” – ShreveportTimes, Lex Talamo |
10/18/2016 | “45 arrested, 3 rescued in Louisiana as part of FBI-led child sex trafficking crackdown” – WDSU, Juan Sanchez |
10/03/2016 | “Floods threaten the mental health of children” – National Resources Defense Council, Juanita Constible |
10/01/2016 | “Mental Health Transition Update” – ShreveportTimes, Lex Talamo |
10/01/2016 | “WATCHDOG: Louisiana children sent out of state for psychiatric care” – ShreveportTimes, Lex Talamo |
09/30/2016 | “Louisiana once spent little to help care for the youngest children; now it’s spending less” – The Advocate |
09/29/2016 | “Struggling for Childcare in Louisiana” – Louisiana Budget Project |
09/07/2016 | “Judge’s Football Team Loses, Juvenile Sentences Go Up” – The Atlantic |
08/11/2016 | “Louisiana among the worst states for underprivileged children” – WWLTV.com |
07/12/2016 | “Louisiana churches work to get children out of poverty” – Houma Today, Kevinisha Walker |
05/10/2016 | “The foster care system is pushing college students into homelessness: When your 18th birthday is like walking the plank” – The Hechinger Report, Andre Perry |
12/10/2015 | “Edwards: ‘Children must be No. 1 priority’” – TheNewsStar, Greg Hilburn |
11/05/2015 | “Louisiana Graded F for Number of Premature Births in 2015” – WAFB.com, Tyana Daquano |
08/17/2015 | “Other States Significantly Improve Child Well Being” – The Lafourche Gazette, Rick Wheat |
07/03/2014 | “In New Orleans, a case study in how school, health care decentralization affect neediest children” – The Hechinger Report, Sarah Carr |
03/14/2011 | “Louisiana Children, Poverty, and the Faith Community” – Fr. Fred Kammer, SJ. Presented to the for Louisiana Interchurch Conference, 41st Annual Assembly on March 14, 2011, in Lafayette, Louisiana. |