Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Initiative to Tackle Unsheltered Homelessness
Today, the Biden-Harris administration will announce the launch of ALL INside, a first-of-its-kind initiative to address unsheltered...
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Louisiana CASA
- May 24
- 2 min
HUD Provides $688 Thousand in Funding for Public Housing to Help Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
WASHINGTON - Today, as the country marks National Foster Care Month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced...
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Louisiana CASA
- May 22
- 5 min
Gillibrand, Delauro Introduce New And Improved Family Act In Fight For Universal Paid Leave
Far Too Many Americans Left Vulnerable With Paid Leave Legislation Enacted in Just 11 States and DC; Nearly Every Single Worker Will Need...
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Louisiana CASA
- May 19
- 2 min
Surgeon General released advisory on the pros and cons of social media and its impact on adolescents
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released an advisory on the pros and cons of social media and its impact on the mental health of...
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Louisiana CASA
- Mar 9
- 2 min
DCFS secretary notes progress in hiring child welfare workers
Louisiana’s child welfare agency has made significant gains in hiring new people to restaff its overburdened workforce.
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Louisiana CASA
- Mar 6
- 4 min
As SNAP Extra Benefits End, Recipients Encouraged to Update Info, Assess Options
March is the first month in three years that Louisiana Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients will receive their...
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Louisiana CASA
- Mar 3
- 3 min
Students are leaving Louisiana public schools. Where are they going?
Louisiana’s public school enrollment has dropped significantly since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Louisiana CASA
- Mar 1
- 3 min
HHS Announces Proposed Foster Family Licensing Regulation to Help Expand Access to Kinship Care
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), announced a new...
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Louisiana CASA
- Jan 13
- 3 min
Child abuse, neglect cases remain high as Louisiana aims to fill hundreds of caseworker jobs
Child welfare officials removed more than 50 endangered children in Baton Rouge and New Orleans from their homes last month.
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Louisiana CASA
- Jan 9
- 3 min
State Launches Hotline for Reporting Juvenile Sex Trafficking
Hotline is latest tool in state’s expanding effort to combat the crime (BATON ROUGE, LA) - Louisiana has launched a hotline for receiving...
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Louisiana CASA
- Jan 3
- 1 min
Applications are being accepted for the Louisiana Scholarship Program
Applications for the Louisiana Department of Education scholarship program are being accepted for the 2023-2024 school year....
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Louisiana CASA
- Dec 27, 2022
- 4 min
Louisiana child welfare workers face high caseloads, lack of support, survey finds
A large portion of Louisiana’s child welfare workers say they remain passionate about the work they do, but nearly half aren’t satisfied...
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Louisiana CASA
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min
Louisiana providing families with $1,000 tutoring vouchers
(BATON ROUGE, LA) - The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) is launching a new program that will provide thousands of families with...
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Louisiana CASA
- Sep 12, 2022
- 1 min
DCFS aiming to combat manpower shortage, hiring statewide
Leaders at the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services say they are taking steps to ease a severe problem with manpower and...
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Louisiana CASA
- Sep 9, 2022
- 2 min
ZERO TO THREE Awarded $5 Million to Strengthen Infant-Toddler Court Program
ZERO TO THREE, the country’s leading nonprofit dedicated to ensuring babies and toddlers have a strong start in life, today announced it...
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Louisiana CASA
- Sep 2, 2022
- 2 min
ACLU urges Supreme Court to uphold Indian Child Welfare Act
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in 14 states represented by Cooley LLP, filed an amicus...
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Louisiana CASA
- Aug 31, 2022
- 6 min
Louisiana’s most troubled teen offenders could be moved to Angola
Incarcerated youth from across the state deemed the most troubled and aggressive could be moved to a building on the grounds of the...
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Louisiana CASA
- Aug 8, 2022
- 7 min
Drop Box for Babies: Conservatives Promote a Way to Give Up Newborns Anonymously
Written by Dana Goldstein, New York Times After Roe, groups are seeking to expand safe haven laws, which allow women to surrender babies...
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Louisiana CASA
- Aug 5, 2022
- 2 min
Louisiana approved to issue P-EBT benefits to children ages 0-5 on SNAP
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) received federal approval to issue Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) benefits to...
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Louisiana CASA
- Aug 5, 2022
- 2 min
Impact of Murray-Kaine Child Care & Early Education Proposal
Child care is too expensive and far too difficult to find for most families, while providers make far too little. The Child Care and...
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