This morning I heard Mr. Jan Moller, Director of the Louisiana Budget Project, make a comment that instantly altered my understanding of Louisiana’s State Budget: “The budget is a moral document.” Yes! What I take away from that brief statement is this: our state budget reflects the morality and ethical values which inform the decisions made by our legislature. Louisiana’s…
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Louisiana’s children face a serious problem. Simply stated, we do not have enough beds to meet the needs of our children. Louisiana’s children are being placed out-of-state. Louisiana had nearly 8,200 foster children in SFY 2015. There were roughly 2,200 foster homes. With extremely limited emergency shelter care – unavailable in nearly every region of the state, a persistent and…