Note: This article from May, 2013, introduced the ideas that Louisiana lacked sufficient Therapeutic Group Home services for children and that the gap in child well-being infrastructure was negatively impacting child well-being. By its own count, Louisiana needs at least 34 Therapeutic Group Homes (of no more than 8 beds each per DHH) located throughout our state. Today Louisiana has…
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April 6, 2013 – Simple analogies often make obvious what complexity obscures. While speaking to our Board of Directors this week, it struck me that Residential Care in Louisiana is now much like a swimming pool – but one not yet fully constructed. A good pool has a place for every swimmer. In this analogy, Foster Care is the wading…
Never in Louisiana’s history has our state’s child welfare system been more highly regulated. Never has so much significant change occurred in such a compressed period of time than during the last 18 months. I’ll summarize it like this: We now have federal regulations being interpreted by state regulations to create a coordinated system of behavioral health care from four…