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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Mar 6, 20234 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20221 min read
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 10, 20222 min read
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 3, 20222 min read
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
Sep 1, 20226 min read
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, 20227 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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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Louisiana CASA
Aug 2, 20223 min read
Grassley, Hassan Propose Improvements To Foster Family Recruitment Efforts To Help Foster Youth
Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced bipartisan legislation that seeks to improve recruitment,...
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Louisiana CASA
Aug 1, 20222 min read
House Bill Would Establish Protections for Disabled Parents
A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that seeks to ensure federal protections for disabled parents...
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Louisiana CASA
Jul 29, 20224 min read
What 'Back to School' Means for Foster Youth
Back to school is an exciting time for most kids. But for children in foster care, returning to school comes with its own set of...
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Louisiana CASA
Jul 29, 20223 min read
5 Tips to Prepare Foster Youth for Back to School
The times of sleeping late on weekdays, summer camp and family trips to amusement and water parks are over for your child in care – at...
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