If you know me, you know I do not follow sports. Nor will I begin because life is too short. However, I may begin praying for the LSU Tigers to win. This, not because I care about football but because I care deeply about Louisiana’s children. One reason child well-being in Louisiana is as poor as it is that our…
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For 26 years Louisiana has averaged 49th in the nation for child well-being. This year Minnesota is ranked 1st. (http://www.aecf.org/resources/the-2015-kids-count-data-book/) Within weeks after Minnesota was ranked number 1 in the nation for child well-being, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton demonstrated why Minnesota leads the nation: He is committed to making good things happen for children. According to “Study: Minnesota Ranks First…
This is a chart of the 26-year history of Louisiana’s KidsCount rank among the states on Child Well-being. For more than a quarter century Louisiana has averaged 49th among the states. After improving to 46th three years ago, Louisiana has declined back to 48th among the states in child well-being.
An open letter to Louisiana’s 2015 Gubernatorial Candidates: On July 21, 2015, The Shreveport Times and Alexandria’s Town Talk both carried articles titled, “Louisiana is at the bottom of another list“. Those titles are not quite right. They should read, “Louisiana’s children are at the bottom of another list“. It is difficult to believe that for more than a quarter…
This sad story is growing old. For the 10th consecutive year Louisiana is ranked as the 49th worst state in the nation – next to last – in terms of child well-being. 48 other states take better care of their children than we do in Louisiana. KIDS COUNT is the national and state-level effort of the Annie E. Casey Foundation…