After 14 years without an increase in the daily board rate for foster care, Louisiana’s support of foster caregivers improved this week. Louisiana increases the foster care board rate for first time since 2007 For the first time in more than a decade, Louisiana’s foster caregivers will receive an increase…
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These news stories report the harm done to children and families when child welfare agencies and managed care organizations routinely place children in out-of-state facilities. As Louisiana learned from the Gary W. case filed in 1974, placing children far from home, out of sight, and out of mind, allows bad…
The tension between profit for owners and quality of care is not a new one. Against the background described by these article, the COVID-19 pandemic draws attention to the two different priorities.
These are important reports related to Louisiana's rank among the states on women's rights, child well-being, poverty, and gender parity among elected officials. In summary, Louisiana comes up short in all of these reports.
Here are a few recent articles related to Kinship Care, a form of foster care in which a state agency places children into the care of relatives. 1. A Kentucky Grandparent and Relative Caregiver Handbook, released in September 2020 for Kentucky’s Kinship Caregivers by the Kinship Families Coalition of Kentucky,…
Here are a few recent articles you may find interesting, related to COVID-19 and child care providers in Louisiana … 1. Child care providers and families face increased costs as state reopens, experts say “After 70% of Louisiana’s child care centers closed by the end of April due to the…
Child welfare readings for 10/30/2020