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Kids Count 1995 Data Book on Louisiana's Children.Agenda for Children, New Orleans, LA.Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD.95

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Agenda for Children, P.O. Box 51837, New Orleans, LA70151 ($12).Statistical Data (110) Reports Descriptive (141)

MF01/PC08 Plus Postage.Child Abuse; *Child Health; *Childhood Needs;Children; Child Welfare; Crime; Early ChildhoodEducation; Elementary Secondary Education; MortalityRate; Poverty; Social Indicators; State Programs;State Surveys; Statistical Surveys; Violence; *YouthProblems*Kids Count; *Louisiana

This data book presents findings of the Kids Countproject on current conditions faced by Louisiana children ages birthto 19 years of age. Data is presented in a table format by individualindicator for each of the parishes, and is further broken down byrace. The first subject area addresses poverty and statistics onchildren receiving AFDC, Food Stamps, WIC, and Child Care Assistance.The second area examines births to teens, low birthweight babies,prenatal care, the infant mortality rate, immunizations, and rate ofviolent deaths. The third area examines crime cases of assault andbattery, burglary, drugs, status offenses, theft, property crimes,and crimes against persons. The fourth area of study is childphysical abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, and children placed in fostercare. The fifth area of study is public education and includesregistration, per pupil expenditures, teacher salary, and dropoutrates. The final section shows statistics on child support. Thereport ends with state summary tables for the following indicators:foster care, food stamps, child abuse and neglect, children receivingAFDC, low birthweight babies, births to women under 19, infantmortality rates, prenatal care, and live births. The report showsthat one in three of all children, and one in two of African Americanchildren, in Louisiana lives in poverty. (SD)

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n yo

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ake

your

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bs w

hich

blo

w u

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aim

, and

kill

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ase

rear

rang

e th

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em h

urt t

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baby

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n yo

u di

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ur p

robl

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tly s

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ake

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you

sell

your

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our

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is c

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rfec

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e an

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mem

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em r

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ym

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rish

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r, th

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by a

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's b

aby

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fore

ver

on. T

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child

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st a

nd th

is c

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e pr

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t. Y

ou w

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this

child

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ve in

a w

orld

of

whi

te p

rivi

lege

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ther

e ar

e si

mila

ritie

s to

o. W

e've

wat

ched

eac

h ot

hers

' chi

ldre

n gr

ow u

p an

d no

w w

e lo

ok f

orw

ard

to th

e sa

me

with

thei

r ch

ildre

n.

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have

a s

imila

r vi

sion

for

thes

e ba

bies

and

all

babi

es.

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avi

sion

of

a w

orld

of

kind

ness

, com

mun

ity, a

nd o

ppor

tuni

ty. W

ew

ant t

hese

bab

ies

to f

eel a

s sa

fe a

nd s

ecur

e in

the

year

s ah

ead

asth

ey w

ere

on th

at g

rass

y sp

ace

in th

e su

nshi

ne a

few

wee

ks a

go.

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wan

t all

babi

es to

be

that

saf

e an

d se

cure

.We

wan

t the

se b

abie

sto

gro

w u

p st

rong

and

cap

able

and

fre

e to

bel

ieve

that

suc

cess

isw

ithin

thei

r re

ach.

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wan

t tha

t for

all

babi

es. O

ur s

ense

is th

atyo

u w

ant t

he s

ame.

The

cha

lleng

e is

to f

igur

e ou

t how

we

get t

here

,to

geth

er. 19

95 K

ids

Cou

nt D

ata

Bo

tt O

n L

ouis

iana

's C

hild

ren

8

kis

coun

t

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ar k

ro P

,GM

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bee

n a

stra

nge

year

for

Age

nda

for

Chi

ldre

n. I

n A

pril,

our

nam

eap

pear

ed a

s th

e lo

cal c

onta

ct o

n a

full

page

new

spap

er a

d ab

out i

ssue

sbe

ing

deba

ted

in C

ongr

ess

and

thei

r im

pact

on

Lou

isia

na's

chi

ldre

n.T

he a

d in

clud

ed p

ictu

res

of c

hild

ren,

with

sta

te s

peci

fic

proj

ectio

ns o

ffe

dera

l cut

s ba

sed

on f

igur

es f

rom

the

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f H

ealth

and

Hum

an S

ervi

ces.

Our

pho

ne n

umbe

r w

as g

iven

to c

all f

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion.

We

wer

e re

ady

for

an in

flux

of

calls

. But

we

wer

en't

read

yfo

r th

e ty

pe o

f ca

lls th

at c

ame-

40

calls

in tw

o da

ys, r

angi

ng f

rom

hos

tile

to f

urio

us.

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le c

alle

d us

nam

es,

chal

leng

ed o

ur p

ersp

ectiv

e, a

nd a

ccus

ed u

sof

lyin

g. T

houg

h no

body

cou

ld r

efut

e th

efa

cts

and

figu

res

that

wer

e pr

inte

d, th

ey h

eld

fast

to th

eir

ange

r. W

e ho

ld f

ast t

o th

e fa

cts.

We

have

see

n pu

blic

pol

icy

resp

onse

s to

the

fact

s ab

out t

he c

hild

ren

and

fam

ilies

of

our

stat

e an

d na

tion

emer

ge s

eem

ingl

y fr

om a

belie

f th

at if

we

can

Man

age

to m

ake

pove

rty

even

mor

e di

ffic

ult,

fam

ilies

will

giv

e it

up.

We

have

wat

ched

the

eros

ion

of s

uppo

rts

for

the

wor

king

poo

r w

hile

list

enin

g to

the

rhet

oric

of

thos

e w

ho w

ould

for

ce y

et m

ore

pare

nts

into

the

low

wag

e w

orkf

orce

with

out

adeq

uate

car

e fo

r th

eir

child

ren.

We

aske

dL

ouis

iana

law

mak

ers

to c

omm

it to

mai

ntai

ning

an

inve

stm

ent i

n ch

ildre

n an

dfa

mili

es, b

ut th

ey r

efus

ed. I

t's b

een

a ve

ryst

rang

e ye

ar.

As

a st

art,

can

we

agre

e th

at a

com

bina

tion

of p

erso

nal a

nd c

olle

ctiv

ere

spon

sibi

lity

is n

eede

d to

mov

e L

ouis

iana

's c

hild

ren

into

a f

utur

e th

atof

fers

opp

ortu

nity

, sec

urity

, and

sta

bilit

y? C

an w

e ag

ree

that

acr

oss

the

lines

of

race

, fam

ily in

com

e, a

nd p

aris

h bo

unda

ries

, the

fut

ures

of

your

child

ren

and

min

e ar

e co

nnec

ted?

Can

we

agre

e th

at th

e ch

alle

nge

ofbu

ildin

g a

bette

r fu

ture

for

the

child

ren

of th

is s

tate

and

nat

ion

is th

e m

ost

criti

cal i

ssue

we

face

? T

hen

we

mus

t loo

k, li

sten

, and

lear

n an

d w

e m

ust

plan

and

act

acc

ordi

ngly

.

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begi

n by

list

enin

g to

, and

lear

ning

fro

m th

e vo

ices

of

child

ren

and

thei

r fa

mili

es. W

e m

ust l

iste

n to

a y

oung

col

lege

stu

dent

with

a ti

ny b

aby

who

is f

orce

d to

dro

p ou

t of

scho

ol b

ecau

sesh

e ca

n't a

ffor

d ch

ild c

are.

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can

lear

n a

lot

by li

sten

ing

to th

is y

oung

wom

an w

ith g

reat

prom

ise

who

, with

acc

ess

to a

ffor

dabl

e ch

ildca

re, w

ill p

roce

ed to

gra

duat

e an

d m

ove

onto

a c

aree

r. W

ithou

t tha

t sm

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tmen

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bab

y's

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fou

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of

publ

ishi

ng th

e D

ata

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k on

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na's

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ldre

n. P

ut a

ltoge

ther

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num

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stil

l pai

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es, t

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hav

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en g

ood

effo

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som

e su

cces

ses,

but

not

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gh. W

e ca

n do

bet

ter.

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t's a

fac

t tha

t we

choo

se to

acc

ept,

on y

our

beha

lf a

s w

ell a

s ou

r ow

n, a

s a

chal

leng

e.

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e ar

e to

col

lect

ivel

y ta

ke u

p th

e ch

alle

nge

of r

ever

sing

the

dire

ctio

nof

the

stat

istic

s th

at d

escr

ibe

Lou

isia

na's

chi

ldre

n, w

e w

ill n

eed

to g

et9

beyo

nd a

rgum

ent a

nd r

heto

ric,

ang

er a

nd b

lam

e. W

e w

ill n

eed

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ledg

e th

e re

aliti

es, a

nd s

ee w

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e ca

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side

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ader

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m p

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hou

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who

volu

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prov

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ram

min

g in

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com

mun

ity f

orhe

r ow

n ch

ildre

n an

d th

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eigh

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says

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we

need

to b

e ab

le to

get

child

car

e an

d he

alth

car

e."

We

can

lear

n fr

om a

gro

up o

f A

fric

anA

mer

ican

men

, man

y of

them

fat

hers

, who

hav

e co

me

toge

ther

colle

ctiv

ely

to b

uild

live

s of

res

pons

ibili

ty a

nd s

elf-

suff

icie

ncy.

Eve

nth

ough

man

y ha

ve s

kills

, the

doo

rs o

f pe

rman

ent e

mpl

oym

ent a

t dec

ent

wag

es a

re c

lose

d to

them

.

In th

e cu

rren

t pol

itica

l lan

dsca

pe th

e Fe

dera

l "sa

fety

net

," c

reat

ed to

supp

ly th

e m

ost b

asic

res

ourc

es to

fam

ilies

and

chi

ldre

n, is

at r

isk

ofbe

ing

unra

vele

d. T

his

is n

ot th

e fi

rst t

ime

supp

orts

for

poo

r an

d w

orki

ngpo

or f

amili

es h

ave

been

atta

cked

. For

two

cent

urie

s, c

ritic

s ca

lling

them

selv

es r

efor

mer

s ha

ve m

obili

zed

polit

ical

sup

port

by

atta

ckin

gpu

blic

ass

ista

nce.

Sin

ce th

e in

vent

ion

of th

e id

ea o

f ai

d to

fam

ilies

inm

edie

val E

urop

e, a

nd th

roug

hout

its

hist

ory

in th

e U

nite

d St

ates

, "po

or

10

relie

f" h

as b

een

used

not

onl

y to

rel

ieve

hum

an s

uffe

ring

but

als

o to

paci

fy p

eopl

e w

hen

desp

erat

ion

to f

eed,

hou

se, a

nd c

loth

e th

eir

fam

ilies

brou

ght t

hem

to th

e st

reet

s in

pro

test

. Ine

vita

bly,

aid

is r

olle

d ba

ck w

hen

the

need

to f

orce

peo

ple

to a

ccep

t low

wag

e jo

bs b

egin

s to

out

wei

ghco

rpor

ate

and

gove

rnm

ent f

ear

of c

ivil

unre

st (

Pive

n an

d C

low

ard,

[197

1] 1

993)

. As

real

wag

es a

re f

roze

n at

the

low

est p

ossi

ble

leve

ls f

orfa

mili

es a

cros

s in

com

e le

vels

, tho

se in

the

mid

dle

clas

s pe

rcei

ve th

at it

is p

oor

fam

ilies

on

publ

ic a

ssis

tanc

e w

ho a

re c

ausi

ng e

very

one'

sec

onom

ic s

ituat

ion

to b

ecom

e tig

hter

. The

rhe

tori

c do

es it

s da

mag

ew

hen

getti

ng p

aren

ts in

to m

inim

um w

age

jobs

bec

omes

a h

ighe

rpr

iori

ty th

an m

akin

g th

e in

vest

men

t nec

essa

ry f

or th

em to

ear

n a

livin

gw

age.

The

Fac

ts o

n Po

vert

y an

dPu

bOic

Ass

tiski

nce

For

all t

he s

ensa

tion

they

hav

e ge

nera

ted

late

ly, A

id to

Fam

ilies

with

Dep

ende

ntC

hild

ren

(AFD

C)

and

Food

Sta

mps

, tw

o of

the

larg

est p

rogr

ams

that

ser

ve th

e po

or,

acco

unt f

or o

nly

2.5%

of

the

fede

ral b

udge

t(B

udge

t of

the

U.S

., 19

95; 1

994

Gre

enB

ook)

. In

Lou

isia

na, A

FDC

cos

ts ta

ke u

ple

ss th

an o

ne h

alf

of o

ne p

erce

nt o

f st

ate

reve

nue

(La.

Dep

t. of

Soc

ial S

ervi

ces,

199

4).

The

se e

xpen

ditu

res

do n

ot li

ft f

amili

es o

utof

pov

erty

. A p

aren

t with

one

chi

ld o

nA

FDC

rec

eive

s $1

38 p

er m

onth

in L

ouis

iana

.Fo

r a

fam

ily o

f th

ree,

the

fam

ily in

com

e is

$19

0. A

ddin

g Fo

od S

tam

ps,

the

fam

ily in

com

e ri

ses

to o

nly

half

of

a po

vert

y le

vel i

ncom

e. N

or d

oth

ese

expe

nditu

res

amou

nt to

a h

uge

burd

en o

n ta

xpay

ers.

In

fact

, the

aver

age

fam

ily e

arni

ng $

50,0

00 a

yea

r co

ntri

bute

s le

ss th

an $

2 pe

r da

y($

615

per

year

) to

hel

p su

ppor

t all

fede

ral p

rogr

ams

that

ben

efit

poor

peop

le, i

nclu

ding

the

elde

rly

and

disa

bled

poo

r (T

opol

nick

i, 19

95).

At

the

stat

e le

vel t

he a

vera

ge ta

xpay

er c

ontr

ibut

es o

nly

$22

per

year

tosu

ppor

t AFD

C (

La.

Dep

t. of

Rev

enue

and

Tax

atio

n, 1

994)

.

care

fully

bal

ance

d fa

mily

eco

nom

y. L

ow w

age

wor

k do

es n

ot li

ft a

fam

ily o

ut o

f po

vert

y ei

ther

. A f

ull-

time

min

imum

-wag

e w

orke

r w

itha

fam

ily o

f fo

ur w

ill n

ot e

ven

reac

h tw

o-th

irds

of

the

pove

rty

leve

l(E

cono

mic

Rep

ort o

f th

e Pr

esid

ent,

1994

). M

any

pare

nts

in A

mer

ica

wor

k ha

rd b

ut s

till s

tay

poor

. Sin

ce 1

980,

the

num

ber

of p

eopl

e w

orki

ngfu

ll-tim

e bu

t stil

l liv

ing

in p

over

ty h

as in

crea

sed

by 5

0%, w

hile

ave

rage

hour

ly e

arni

ngs

in p

riva

te in

dust

ry h

ave

falle

n by

14.

6% s

ince

197

3, a

ndar

e no

w a

t the

ir lo

wes

t sin

ce 1

968

(Han

dler

and

Has

enfe

ld, 1

995)

.

The

bot

tom

line

in L

ouis

iana

is th

at 1

in 3

of

all,

child

ren

and

1 in

2A

fric

an A

mer

ican

chi

ldre

n liv

e in

pov

erty

.T

hese

fac

ts a

bout

pov

erty

, wor

k, a

nd w

elfa

rein

Lou

isia

na p

ress

har

dest

on

Afr

ican

Am

eric

an f

amili

es a

nd a

re th

e re

ality

that

youn

g m

en o

rgan

izin

g th

eir

com

mun

ity to

build

a b

ette

r lif

e fo

r th

emse

lves

and

thei

rch

ildre

n po

int t

o w

hen

they

say

"St

opec

onom

ic r

acis

m."

Fam

Mes

do

not c

hoos

e A

FDC

as

a w

ay o

f W

e. F

or m

ost,

ofa

shor

t

terr

or s

o0uN

on w

hen

ther

e

wor

k to

be

foun

d, o

r th

e co

sts

of

chnd

car

e ®

o up

the

payc

heck

of a

med

cd e

mer

genc

y re

suO

ts

hi)

the

erra

sh o

f a

carr

efu0

0yba

0anc

ed f

arnn

y ec

onom

y.

Fam

ilies

do

not c

hoos

e A

FDC

as

a w

ay o

f lif

e. F

or m

ost,

it is

a s

hort

term

solu

tion

whe

n th

ere

is n

o w

ork

to b

e fo

und,

or

the

cost

s of

chi

ld c

are

eat

up th

e pa

yche

ck, o

r a

med

ical

em

erge

ncy

resu

lts in

the

cras

h of

a

11

Pers

iste

nt p

over

ty u

nder

lies

man

y if

not

mos

t of

the

ills

desc

ribe

d in

the

stat

istic

s on

Lou

isia

na's

chi

ldre

n an

d fa

mili

es. H

ealth

care

may

be

a di

ffic

ult p

robl

em f

or a

ll of

us,

but i

t's s

ubst

antia

lly m

ore

diff

icul

t to

find

with

no

mea

ns to

pay

for

it. T

he s

ame

is tr

ueof

chi

ld c

are,

hou

sing

, and

all

the

othe

rth

ings

it ta

kes

to r

aise

a f

amily

. Mov

ing

our

child

ren

succ

essf

ully

thro

ugh

adol

esce

nce

pose

s ch

alle

nges

for

thos

e w

ith p

lent

iful

reso

urce

s, b

ut it

is e

ven

mor

e da

untin

g fo

r th

ose

who

se te

ens

have

no

clea

r vi

sion

of

a su

cces

sful

, pro

duct

ive

futu

re a

head

of

them

. Eve

n ch

ildab

use,

and

cer

tain

ly c

hild

neg

lect

, tie

s in

som

e m

easu

re to

pov

erty

as

heal

thy

fam

ilies

suc

cum

b to

the

extr

aord

inar

y st

ress

and

des

pera

tion

ofno

t hav

ing

near

ly e

noug

h to

get

by.

We

can

do b

ette

r.

The

Mss

ion

The

cha

lleng

e is

econ

omic

cri

sis

as

of A

gend

o Fo

r C

hNdr

en

to li

sten

to th

ose

dire

ctly

aff

ecte

d by

soc

ial a

ndw

ell a

s th

ose

who

dev

elop

pol

itica

l and

soc

ial p

olic

y.12

'099

5 K

ids

Cou

nt D

ata

Boo

k O

n L

ouis

iana

's C

hild

ren

C)0

PI)

The

n w

e ca

n co

me

toge

ther

in th

e co

ntex

t of

the

larg

er c

omm

unity

on

som

e co

mm

on a

gree

men

ts th

at h

elp

gath

er th

e co

llect

ive

will

to p

lan,

allo

cate

res

ourc

es, m

onito

r an

d ev

alua

te th

e ap

prop

riat

e su

ppor

ts f

orfa

mili

es to

rea

lize

thei

r po

tent

ial.

The

mis

sion

of

Age

nda

for

Chi

ldre

n is

to m

ake

Lou

isia

na a

sta

te in

whi

ch a

ll ch

ildre

n ca

n th

rive

. Our

s is

a li

ving

, wor

king

mis

sion

that

cal

lsus

...

O. T

o ac

t On

way

s th

at C

OO

MC

DC

A' f

rOdS

UIT

and

oth

erfo

rms

of o

ppre

ss0o

n

Tod

ay, w

orki

ng w

ith th

ose

dire

ctly

aff

ecte

dby

soc

ial a

nd e

cono

mic

cri

sis

mea

nsco

nfro

ntin

g th

e ev

iden

ce o

f in

stitu

tiona

lra

cism

. It m

eans

lear

ning

to li

sten

with

cultu

rally

sen

sitiv

e ea

rs a

nd to

res

pect

indi

geno

us le

ader

ship

. It m

eans

mea

suri

ngth

e pr

esen

ce o

f ra

cism

not

by

over

t int

entio

ns,

but b

y ac

tual

res

ults

of

polic

ies

on in

divi

dual

s,fa

mili

es, a

nd c

omm

uniti

es o

f co

lor.

Rea

d th

e ac

tual

res

ults

in th

e st

atis

tics

cont

aine

d in

this

boo

k. I

f A

fric

an A

mer

ican

child

ren

in L

ouis

iana

fac

ed th

e sa

me

odds

as

whi

te c

hild

ren

in th

e st

ate:

191

,533

few

erw

ould

live

in p

over

ty, 2

31 f

ewer

wou

ld d

iebe

fore

thei

r fi

rst b

irth

day,

7,0

80 f

ewer

bab

ies

wou

ld b

e bo

rn to

mot

hers

who

did

not

rec

eive

adeq

uate

pre

nata

l car

e, a

nd 2

,205

few

er w

ould

live

in f

oste

r ca

re.

00. T

o en

sure

that

the

bask

nee

ds o

f ch

ndre

nan

d fa

m00

0es

are

met

Und

er o

rdin

ary

circ

umst

ance

s m

iddl

e in

com

e fa

mili

es a

re a

ble

topr

ovid

e su

ffic

ient

ly f

or b

asic

nee

ds, a

lthou

gh e

mer

genc

ies

such

as

am

ajor

hea

lth p

robl

em o

r no

n-pa

ymen

t of

child

sup

port

fro

m a

n ab

sent

pare

nt c

an p

rope

l man

y of

them

into

less

sta

ble

stra

its. F

or s

ingl

e-pa

rent

fam

ilies

, con

sist

ent,

incr

ease

d ch

ild s

uppo

rt c

olle

ctio

ns c

an p

rovi

deso

me

fina

ncia

l sta

bilit

y. C

hild

sup

port

col

lect

ions

hav

e in

crea

sed

slig

htly

, with

col

lect

ions

est

ablis

hed

in 4

2% o

f ca

ses

in f

isca

l yea

r 19

95,

com

pare

d to

40%

in f

isca

l yea

r 19

91. T

ough

erco

llect

ion

law

s ho

ld p

rom

ise

for

colle

ctin

gm

ore

of w

hat i

s ow

ed to

chi

ldre

n, b

utlim

itatio

ns s

uch

as in

adeq

uate

com

pute

rtr

acki

ng s

yste

ms

and

the

slow

pac

e at

whi

chco

llect

ion

orde

rs a

re e

stab

lishe

d th

reat

ens

the

wel

l-be

ing

of th

ousa

nds

of L

ouis

iana

kids

.

AM

'can

Am

er C

an c

hlO

dren

0n

Lou

0s0a

na f

ace)

the

sam

e co

ds

wh0

te c

hndr

en 0

n th

e st

ate:

119

TX

3

few

er w

ell/1

0d O

W 0

no

over

ty,

231

few

er w

ou0d

dle

ef®

iher

lust

b0dh

day,

70

0 8

0 fe

wer

baN

w e

fem

0c1

be b

orn

ib m

othe

m w

ho c

l0d

not

rece

ivea

duci

tep

0 ca

m, a

nd

2,20

31er

wou

0d O

W 0

n fa

ster

cam

Inst

itutio

nal r

acis

m a

lso

exis

ts in

pol

icie

s an

d de

cisi

ons

that

igno

re th

est

reng

ths

of lo

w in

com

e A

fric

an A

mer

ican

fam

ilies

in L

ouis

iana

.D

espi

te th

e w

ays

that

the

soci

al a

nd e

cono

mic

clim

ate

of th

ese

times

cont

inue

s to

div

ert r

esou

rces

fro

m A

fric

an A

mer

ican

com

mun

ities

,m

ost A

fric

an A

mer

ican

chi

ldre

n st

ill s

urvi

ve a

nd e

ven

thri

ve in

the

cont

ext o

f lo

ve a

nd s

uppo

rt th

eir

fam

ilies

pro

vide

. Onc

e w

e un

ders

tand

that

the

syst

ems

whi

ch a

re s

uppo

sed

to b

e lif

ting

child

ren

up a

re n

otw

orki

ng f

or A

fric

an A

mer

ican

chi

ldre

n, w

e ca

n se

e th

e im

port

ance

of

the

lead

ersh

ip o

f th

ese

fam

ilies

in d

efin

ing

the

prob

lem

s an

d th

eso

lutio

ns.

iv19

95 K

ids

Cou

ntD

ailo

okO

n L

ouis

iana

's C

hild

ren

For

low

to m

iddl

e in

com

e w

orki

ng f

amili

es,

ther

e is

sup

port

for

thei

r ef

fort

s th

roug

h th

eE

arne

d In

com

e T

ax C

redi

t (E

ITC

). 4

50,3

74fa

mili

es in

this

sta

te b

enef

itted

fro

m th

eE

ITC

last

yea

r, w

hich

hel

ped

them

bri

dge

the

gap

betw

een

low

wag

es a

nd w

hat i

sne

eded

to s

uppo

rt a

fam

ily.

Wor

king

poo

r an

d ou

t of

wor

k pa

rent

s fa

ceda

ily d

iffi

culti

es. I

n fa

ct, w

orki

ng p

oor

and

out o

f w

ork

pare

nts

are

basi

cally

inte

rcha

ngea

ble,

giv

en th

e di

ffic

ulty

of m

aint

aini

ng a

low

wag

e jo

b w

hile

pro

vidi

ng f

or th

e da

ily n

eeds

and

dem

ands

of

a fa

mily

. Peo

ple

ofte

n fi

nd th

emse

lves

slip

ping

bac

k an

dfo

rth

betw

een

jobs

and

jobl

essn

ess,

bet

wee

n m

eetin

g ba

sic

need

s an

dse

eing

thei

r ch

ildre

n go

with

out.

The

nat

iona

l rea

lity

is th

at 6

0% o

f al

lw

omen

on

AFD

C w

ill le

ave

the

rolls

for

wor

k w

ithin

the

firs

t yea

r. 4

0%of

thes

e w

ill r

etur

n to

the

rolls

, bec

ause

low

-wag

e em

ploy

men

t res

ults

in th

e lo

ss o

f he

alth

car

e fo

r th

eir

child

ren

and

a co

nsta

nt s

trug

gle

toac

cess

aff

orda

ble

qual

ity c

hild

car

e (H

andl

er a

nd H

asen

feld

, 199

5).

Can

we

agre

e th

at it

doe

sn't

mak

e se

nse

to f

orce

par

ents

into

the

wor

kpla

ce u

ntil

that

are

na o

ffer

s th

em th

e ca

paci

ty to

pro

vide

for

the

14

basi

c ne

eds

of th

emse

lves

and

thei

r ch

ildre

n? I

f so

, can

we

agre

e on

wha

tth

at w

ill ta

ke?

We

sugg

est:

Jobs

: Job

s w

ith d

ecen

t wag

es n

eed

to b

e ac

cess

ible

to a

ll pa

rent

s. T

o be

effe

ctiv

e, th

ese

jobs

mus

t be

with

in r

ealis

tic d

ista

nces

fro

m h

ome

and

with

in r

ealis

tic s

kill

leve

ls, s

uppo

rted

by

trai

ning

and

edu

catio

n, w

ithre

ason

able

and

pre

dict

able

hou

rs. B

enef

its m

ust,

at a

min

imum

, inc

lude

sick

leav

e fo

r pa

rent

s' a

nd c

hild

ren'

s ill

ness

. And

fin

ally

, job

s m

ust

offe

r so

me

leve

l of

perm

anen

cy.

Chi

ld c

are:

Mos

t fam

ilies

can

't af

ford

it o

nfr

iend

s an

d fa

mily

mem

bers

is im

poss

ible

for

man

y, a

nd u

nrel

iabl

e fo

r m

ost o

f th

e re

st.

Aff

orda

ble,

qua

lity

child

car

e m

ust b

eav

aila

ble

for

all w

orki

ng p

aren

ts a

t the

hou

rsan

d da

ys w

hen

wor

k is

ava

ilabl

e.

Hea

lth c

are:

Wor

king

poo

r pa

rent

s ar

e fo

rced

to s

it up

all

nigh

t in

emer

genc

y ro

oms

for

thei

r ch

ildre

n's

min

or il

lnes

s. M

inor

illn

esse

sbe

com

e m

ajor

, and

mor

e co

stly

in h

uman

as

wel

l as

econ

omic

term

s, w

hile

par

ents

try

toav

oid

mis

sing

wor

k. T

each

ers

and

care

give

rsar

e fo

rced

to m

ake

deci

sion

s ab

out s

endi

ngsi

ck c

hild

ren

hom

e, k

now

ing

Mom

mig

htlo

se h

er jo

b. T

he n

atio

nal d

ebat

e ar

ound

heal

th c

are

mus

t beg

in to

foc

us o

n m

akin

gth

e sy

stem

wor

k fo

r th

ose

who

nee

d it,

rat

her

than

cat

erin

g fi

rst t

o th

e in

tere

sts

of th

ein

stitu

tions

that

pro

vide

it.

low

wag

es. R

elyi

ng o

n

000.

To

ensu

re th

at o

ur c

h5O

dren

are

nur

ture

dan

d w

e00

taug

ht b

eghn

0ng

0n th

e 'B

ody

year

s an

d co

nt0n

u0ng

thro

ugh

adoO

esce

nce

Can

we

agre

e th

at h

omes

and

chi

ld c

are

cent

ers

and

scho

ols

and

com

mun

ities

mus

t be

deve

lope

d in

way

s th

at n

urtu

re a

nd te

ach

our

child

ren

and

yout

h? I

f so

, can

we

arri

ve a

t som

e co

mm

on u

nder

stan

ding

s?T

hese

are

som

e th

ings

that

we

unde

rsta

nd:

Lou

isia

na's

fra

gmen

ted

child

car

e an

d ea

rly

educ

atio

n sy

stem

is s

et u

pto

fai

l, an

d th

e w

onde

r is

that

so

man

y pr

ogra

ms

and

clas

sroo

ms

som

ehow

suc

ceed

des

pite

the

barr

iers

set

up

agai

nst t

hem

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wor

k if

the

plum

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ad p

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chi

ps a

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e w

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e re

frig

erat

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as b

een

brok

en f

or s

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eeks

, and

you

and

you

r 2

child

ren

shar

e on

e be

droo

m. D

ecen

t, sa

fe, a

nd s

anita

ry h

ousi

ng m

ust b

eac

cess

ible

to a

ll fa

mili

es.

Can

we

agre

e th

at a

s lo

ng a

s th

e w

orld

of

wor

k ca

nnot

off

er a

par

ent t

hem

eans

to p

rovi

de f

or th

e ba

sic

need

s of

her

chi

ldre

n, it

is h

eart

less

tode

man

d th

at s

he e

nter

it?

Can

we

agre

e th

at q

ualit

y ch

ild c

are,

hea

lth c

are

and

hous

ing

allo

ws

fam

ilies

to w

ork

and

rem

ain

fina

ncia

lly in

depe

nden

t?

15

Out

of

hom

e ch

ild c

are

and

earl

y ed

ucat

ion

take

s pl

ace

in f

our

mai

n se

tting

s:

1) L

icen

sed

child

car

e ce

nter

s- T

hese

com

ein

man

y va

riet

ies,

larg

e an

d sm

all,

for

prof

itan

d no

n-pr

ofit,

"st

and

alon

e" o

r pr

ogra

ms

ofla

rger

inst

itutio

ns.

2) F

amily

chi

ld c

are

hom

es: T

his

is w

here

som

eone

pro

vide

s ca

re in

her

ow

n ho

me

for

few

er th

an s

even

chi

ldre

n, la

rgel

y in

form

alan

d un

regu

late

d.

3) H

ead

Star

t: T

hese

are

fed

eral

ly o

pera

ted,

with

com

mun

ity b

ased

man

agem

ent,

com

preh

ensi

ve s

ervi

ces,

and

a m

anda

te f

or p

aren

t inv

olve

men

t.

4) S

choo

ls: T

hese

are

pre

scho

ol c

lass

room

s fo

r fo

ur y

ear

olds

and

som

etim

es th

ree

year

old

s. T

hey

oper

ate

on a

sch

ool-

day,

sch

ool y

ear

sche

dule

.

Let

's lo

ok a

t chi

ld c

are

cent

ers

and

fam

ily c

hild

car

e ho

mes

, for

the

mos

tpa

rt th

e on

ly s

ettin

gs a

vaila

ble

to c

hild

ren

unde

r th

ree

year

s of

age

. The

mos

t com

mon

fee

is $

55 p

er w

eek

for

babi

es a

nd $

50 p

er w

eek

for

child

ren

over

two

year

s of

age

. At t

hat r

ate,

a p

aren

t with

onl

y on

e ch

ild,

wor

king

at,

say

$6 p

er h

our,

pay

s ov

er 2

0% o

f he

r gr

oss

inco

me

on c

hild

care

fee

s. A

pro

vide

r ca

ring

for

5 b

abie

s in

her

hom

e gr

osse

s $1

4,30

0

)

©

1995

IC

ds C

ount

Dat

a B

ook

On

Lou

isia

nb9C

hUdr

env

kis

a ye

ar, a

ssum

ing

that

eve

ry s

lot i

s fi

lled

and

paid

for

eve

ry d

ay. O

utof

that

she

mus

t get

a s

alar

y, p

lus

cost

s of

equ

ipm

ent a

nd s

uppl

ies,

food

, an

occa

sion

al s

ubst

itute

, tax

es, a

nd s

omet

imes

tran

spor

tatio

n.W

hat's

mor

e, p

rovi

ding

pro

perl

y fo

r th

e nu

rtur

e an

d gu

idan

ce o

f fi

veba

bies

take

s m

ore

than

one

car

egiv

er.

Som

e he

lp is

ava

ilabl

e. F

eder

al a

nd s

tate

chi

ld c

are

assi

stan

ce f

unds

assi

st s

ome

low

inco

me

fam

ilies

with

the

fees

, but

the

curr

ent w

ait f

orth

is a

ssis

tanc

e in

Lou

isia

na is

9 m

onth

s an

d th

e w

aitin

g lis

t has

4,2

33fa

mili

es o

n it.

Som

e ca

regi

vers

may

rec

eive

ass

ista

nce

with

the

cost

of f

ood

from

the

fede

ral C

hild

Car

e Fo

odPr

ogra

m, b

ut th

is f

undi

ng s

ourc

elik

e th

eot

herf

alls

sho

rt o

f th

e re

al n

eed.

Hea

d St

art c

ente

rs a

nd s

choo

l-ba

sed

pres

choo

l pro

gram

s do

bet

ter

sinc

e th

eyha

ve a

mor

e st

able

pub

lic f

undi

ng b

ase.

How

ever

, the

re a

re w

aitin

g lis

ts f

or th

ese

prog

ram

s in

mos

t are

as o

f th

e st

ate,

and

wor

king

par

ents

usu

ally

nee

d to

mak

e ot

her

child

car

e ar

rang

emen

ts f

or h

ours

and

day

sbe

yond

the

scho

ol-d

ay/y

ear

sche

dule

.

In v

irtu

ally

eve

ry d

iscu

ssio

n ab

out s

olvi

ngth

e pr

oble

ms

plag

uing

chi

ldre

n an

d yo

uth,

educ

atio

n pl

ays

a de

serv

edly

pro

min

ent r

ole.

Qua

lity

child

car

e an

d ea

rly

educ

atio

n ar

eth

e ba

sis

for

succ

ess

in la

ter

year

s. A

fter

mor

e th

an a

dec

ade

of f

ollo

win

g ch

ildre

nen

rolle

d in

a q

ualit

y pr

e sc

hool

pro

gram

, one

stu

dy f

ound

sig

nifi

cant

lybe

tter

outc

omes

for

thes

e ch

ildre

n th

an f

or th

eir

peer

s w

ho d

id n

ot h

ave

such

an

oppo

rtun

ity (

Schw

einh

art a

nd W

eika

rt, 1

993)

. Giv

en th

iskn

owle

dge,

ther

e is

no

good

mor

al o

r fi

nanc

ial j

ustif

icat

ion

for

our

kids

to b

e on

wai

ting

lists

rat

her

than

in c

lass

room

s. N

or c

an w

e ju

stif

yw

areh

ousi

ng y

oung

chi

ldre

n in

und

er-f

unde

d pr

ogra

ms.

Sac

rifi

cing

child

ren'

s he

alth

y de

velo

pmen

t and

ear

ly le

arni

ng a

t the

alta

r of

fam

ily s

elf

suff

icie

ncy

won

't pa

y of

f in

the

shor

t ter

m o

r lo

ng te

rm.

back

grou

nd. C

hild

ren'

s su

cces

s in

sch

ool h

inge

s on

our

atti

tude

s to

war

dth

em, h

ow w

e tr

ack

them

, how

muc

h tim

e w

e in

vest

in th

eir

scho

olin

g as

teac

hers

, par

ents

, and

men

tors

. It a

lso

hing

es o

n ou

r fi

nanc

ial i

nves

tmen

t.

Des

pite

the

fact

that

man

y pe

ople

talk

abo

ut th

e im

port

ance

of

qual

ityed

ucat

ion

for

all c

hild

ren,

we

are

inco

nsis

tent

in o

ur f

inan

cial

sup

port

for

scho

ols.

In

Lou

isia

na, p

er p

upil

spen

ding

ran

ges

from

a h

igh

of $

6,33

5 in

Cam

eron

Par

ish

to a

low

of

$2,8

45 in

Aca

dia

Pari

sh. T

each

ers'

sal

arie

sra

nge

from

a h

igh

aver

age

of $

28,1

78 in

Cad

do P

aris

h to

a lo

w a

vera

geof

$19

,199

in R

ed R

iver

Par

ish.

Ove

rall,

Lou

isia

na r

anks

37t

h in

the

natio

n fo

r sp

endi

ng o

n ed

ucat

ing

our

child

ren

and

48th

in w

hat w

e pa

y th

epe

ople

res

pons

ible

for

doi

ng it

.

Ove

roO

L L

oWs6

ana

FOU

1)10

3nh

g.he

nat

ion

for

spen

d ng

on

educ

aNng

our

chH

dren

and

40th

h w

he w

e pa

y M

e pe

opO

e

resp

onsb

ile f

or d

otin

g

Whe

n st

uden

ts a

re in

cla

ssro

oms

they

nee

d sk

illed

, atte

ntiv

e te

ache

rsw

ho g

uide

them

and

hav

e hi

gh e

xpec

tatio

ns f

or th

eir

succ

ess.

We

need

to a

ssum

e su

cces

s fo

r ev

ery

child

, reg

ardl

ess

of r

ace

or s

ocio

-eco

nom

ic17

vi19

95 K

ids

Cou

nt D

ata

Boo

k O

n L

ouis

iana

's C

hild

ren

Scho

ol d

ropo

ut f

igur

es a

lso

appe

ar in

this

book

. 12,

128

child

ren

drop

ped

out o

fL

ouis

iana

sch

ools

last

yea

r. S

choo

ls w

ithhi

gh p

erce

ntag

es o

f dr

opou

ts te

nd to

hav

e lo

wav

erag

e te

st s

core

s an

d lo

w a

ttend

ance

(Lou

isia

na P

rogr

ess

Prof

iles,

199

3). A

lso,

the

larg

er th

e sc

hool

, the

hig

her

the

drop

out

rate

tend

s to

be.

Chi

ldre

n w

ho d

rop

out o

fsc

hool

will

fac

e m

uch

grea

ter

diff

icul

ty in

the

labo

r fo

rce

than

thei

r pe

ers

who

gra

duat

e. I

t is

wor

th n

otin

g th

at th

e nu

mbe

r of

dro

pout

sre

port

ed h

ere

is a

n "e

vent

rat

e" w

hich

mea

nsit

is a

cou

nt o

nly

of s

tude

nts

who

dro

p ou

t in

a gi

ven

year

. If

we

wer

e to

look

at c

umul

ativ

enu

mbe

rs b

ased

on

the

prop

ortio

n of

16-

19ye

ar o

lds

who

are

not

enr

olle

d in

sch

ool,

for

inst

ance

, the

num

ber

wou

ld b

e ev

en h

ighe

r.

We

unde

rsta

nd th

at th

e pr

imar

y ar

ena

for

a ch

ild's

nur

ture

and

car

e an

dev

en le

arni

ng h

as a

lway

s be

en a

nd c

ontin

ues

to b

e th

e ho

me.

But

par

ents

of to

day'

s ch

ildre

n an

d at

this

rat

e to

mor

row

's c

hild

ren,

fin

d th

eir

capa

city

erod

ed b

y th

e st

ress

es o

f po

vert

y, th

e vi

olen

ce o

f ra

cism

, and

the

eros

ion

of s

tabl

e co

mm

uniti

es a

nd in

stitu

tions

.

N T

o en

sure

ifac

ii. c

hndr

en o

re p

raie

cted

fro

mlig

rm

Can

we

agre

e th

at if

our

chi

ldre

n ar

e to

thri

ve, t

hey

mus

t fir

st b

e

18

prot

ecte

d fr

om h

arm

? If

so,

can

we

also

agr

ee th

at lo

ng te

rm s

olut

ions

to v

iole

nce

in c

omm

uniti

es a

nd a

buse

in th

e ho

me

mus

t rea

ch p

ast

puni

shm

ent t

owar

d pr

otec

tion?

The

goo

d ne

ws

is th

at m

ost o

f ou

r ch

ildre

n ar

e pr

otec

ted

from

the

dire

ctim

pact

of

viol

ence

and

abu

se. T

he b

ad n

ews

is th

at th

e nu

mbe

r of

thos

ew

ho a

re n

ot s

afe

is in

crea

sing

, and

the

indi

rect

impa

ct o

f th

e vi

olen

ceth

at c

hild

ren

witn

ess

has

a pr

ofou

nd e

ffec

t on

thei

r ca

paci

ty to

fee

l saf

ean

d se

cure

and

opt

imis

tic a

bout

a f

utur

e th

at's

wor

th p

repa

ring

for

.

The

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

know

n to

hav

e be

enab

used

or

negl

ecte

d w

as 1

4,79

5 in

fis

cal

year

199

5. A

nd th

is f

igur

e re

veal

s on

ly p

art

of th

e pr

oble

m, f

or m

any

case

s of

abu

sene

ver

ente

r th

e fo

rmal

chi

ld p

rote

ctio

nsy

stem

.

13,6

57 c

hild

ren

ente

red

the

juve

nile

just

ice

syst

em in

fis

cal y

ear

1995

, up

from

12,

481

in 1

992.

Som

e of

thei

r cr

imes

wer

e m

inor

infr

actio

nsst

atus

off

ense

s w

hich

don

'tre

pres

ent a

n im

med

iate

thre

at f

or e

ither

the

child

or

the

com

mun

ity. B

ut m

any

of th

ech

ildre

n re

flec

ted

in th

at f

igur

e ar

e he

aded

dow

n a

path

of

self

-des

truc

tion,

and

they

are

som

etim

es ta

king

oth

ers

with

them

.

child

ren

whi

le th

ey r

ebui

ld th

eir

capa

city

to b

e su

cces

sful

par

ents

.

The

re is

no

stat

e sy

stem

of

reso

urce

s fo

r yo

uth

deve

lopm

ent i

n L

ouis

iana

,an

d th

e is

olat

ed p

rogr

ams

that

do

exis

t, of

ten

with

pri

vate

fun

ds,

prim

arily

add

ress

you

th f

rom

a d

efic

it ap

proa

ch. W

e ha

ve te

enpr

egna

ncy

prev

entio

n pr

ogra

ms,

dro

pout

pre

vent

ion

prog

ram

s, d

rug

prev

entio

n pr

ogra

ms,

and

vio

lenc

e pr

even

tion

prog

ram

s. W

ithou

tun

derm

inin

g th

e im

port

ance

of

prev

entio

n, c

an w

e al

so h

ave

aco

mm

itmen

t to

a st

atew

ide

netw

ork

of c

omm

unity

-bas

ed y

outh

pro

gram

s,ro

oted

in th

e ex

citin

g po

tent

ial o

f th

e ad

oles

cent

and

teen

yea

rs in

stea

dof

the

pitf

alls

?

On

man

y W

ays

the

0@ng

term

soO

utO

ons

vOde

nce

and

abus

e

mus

t be

drec

ted

by c

omm

itles

dete

rmO

ned

to o

ffer

nur

ture

and

guO

duno

sf©

theO

r th

Ou'

® a

nd

oppo

rtm

OtO

es f

or th

eOr

yout

h.

Why

wou

ld a

you

ng m

an w

ho tr

uly

does

not

expe

ct to

live

to e

njoy

his

21s

t bir

thda

y be

mot

ivat

ed to

stu

dy h

ard

and

stay

in s

choo

l? W

hy w

ould

a y

oung

wom

anw

ho r

ecei

ves

dem

eani

ng m

essa

ges

from

all

side

s th

roug

hout

her

life

be

likel

y to

del

ay c

hild

-bea

ring

for

the

pros

pect

of

a re

war

ding

fut

ure?

In m

any

way

s th

e lo

ng te

rm s

olut

ions

to v

iole

nce

and

abus

e m

ust b

edi

rect

ed b

y co

mm

uniti

es d

eter

min

ed to

off

er n

urtu

re a

nd g

uida

nce

for

thei

r ch

ildre

n an

d op

port

uniti

es f

or th

eir

yout

h. M

any

trou

bled

fam

ilies

can

be h

eale

d th

roug

h th

e ef

fort

s of

com

mun

ity b

ased

fam

ily p

rese

rvat

ion

prog

ram

s, y

et w

e su

ppor

t onl

y a

spri

nklin

g of

suc

h pr

ogra

ms

whi

lein

vest

ing

subs

tant

ially

in in

stitu

tiona

l car

e. C

omm

unity

bas

ed f

oste

rca

re, a

s ye

t unt

ried

in L

ouis

iana

, kee

ps c

hild

ren

in th

eir

own

com

mun

ities

,of

feri

ng p

aren

ts th

e op

port

unity

to m

aint

ain

a re

latio

nshi

p w

ith th

eir

-19

It's

no

secr

et th

at y

oung

peo

ple

who

hav

ea

plac

e to

go

and

som

ethi

ng to

do

in th

eev

enin

g ho

urs

are

less

like

ly to

bec

ome

teen

par

ents

. It's

no

secr

et th

at y

oung

peop

le w

ho h

ave

the

supp

ort a

nden

cour

agem

ent t

hey

need

to p

ursu

ein

tere

sts

and

tale

nts

are

less

like

ly to

expe

rim

ent w

ith d

rugs

. It's

no

secr

et th

atyo

ung

peop

le w

ho f

eel e

xcite

d ab

out t

heir

own

pote

ntia

l are

less

like

ly to

giv

e w

ay to

rage

and

vio

lenc

e. W

e do

kno

w w

hat t

o do

.W

hat's

lack

ing

is th

e w

ill to

do

it.

Me

Chd

Oen

ge

Mos

t of

you

will

agr

ee w

ith th

e pr

inci

ples

of

our

mis

sion

. But

, man

y of

you

will

say

,"W

eju

st c

an't

affo

rd it

." O

ur r

espo

nse,

of

cour

se, i

s th

at w

e ca

n't a

ffor

d no

tto

. We

can

take

our

cha

rge

from

the

com

mitm

ent o

f a

resp

onsi

ble

pare

ntw

ho k

now

s th

at s

ome

thin

gs h

ave

to w

ait.

We

adm

ire

the

mot

her

who

avoi

ds th

e te

mpt

atio

n of

new

clo

thes

bec

ause

she

kno

ws

she

need

s th

atm

oney

to ta

ke th

e ch

ildre

n to

the

dent

ist,.

We

hono

r th

e fa

ther

who

regu

larl

y ta

kes

out t

he f

irst

por

tion

of h

is c

heck

to p

ay c

hild

sup

port

and

give

s up

a w

eeke

nd v

acat

ion

to ta

ke th

e ch

ildre

n on

an

outin

g. W

eap

prec

iate

the

gran

dpar

ents

who

for

ego

a ne

w c

ar in

fav

or o

f se

tting

asid

e m

oney

to h

elp

with

chi

ld c

are

and

scho

ol e

xpen

ses.

We

can

be th

at k

ind

of a

sta

te. W

e ca

n ex

plai

n th

at w

e ha

ve to

cut

bac

kon

indu

stri

al ta

x ex

empt

ions

bec

ause

we

have

to in

vest

in o

ur s

choo

ls.

coun

t

) a 2019

95 K

ids

Cif

mi.

Dat

a B

ook

On

Lou

isia

na's

Chi

ldre

nvi

i

kis

coun

t

21vi

ii19

95 K

ids

Cou

nt D

ata

Boo

k O

n L

ouis

iana

's C

hild

ren

We

can

re-d

irec

t dol

lars

fro

m o

ver-

stuf

fed

cont

ract

s to

dev

elop

oppo

rtun

ities

for

our

you

th. W

e ca

n co

ntro

l cos

ts a

nd e

limin

ate

frau

d in

inst

itutio

ns p

rovi

ding

hea

lth c

are

so th

at f

unds

are

use

d to

kee

p m

ore

child

ren

heal

thy.

We

can

choo

se to

cre

ate

mor

e eq

uita

ble

pers

onal

tax

polic

ies

beca

use

we

have

to s

tren

gthe

n th

e ca

paci

ty o

f fa

mili

es to

lift

them

selv

es o

ut o

f po

vert

y.

The

re a

re a

lso

way

s th

at w

e ca

n do

bet

ter

with

wha

t we

have

and

wha

tw

e co

mm

it. O

ur f

ragm

ente

d se

rvic

e de

liver

y sy

stem

s co

uld

be w

oven

toge

ther

in w

ays

that

trul

y re

sem

ble

a sa

fety

net

inst

ead

of th

e ob

stac

leco

urse

cre

ated

by

a se

ries

of

unre

late

d ap

plic

atio

n fo

rms.

Cos

t eff

ectiv

eho

me

base

d ca

re a

nd f

amily

sup

port

can

ofte

n re

plac

e th

e m

ajor

exp

endi

ture

s of

inst

itutio

nal c

are.

Dol

lars

spe

nt o

n pr

even

tion

and

inte

rven

tion

can

redu

ce b

ig b

udge

t ite

ms

like

pris

ons,

fos

ter

care

, and

neo

nata

lin

tens

ive

care

. The

rel

ativ

ely

new

and

inno

vativ

e Fa

mili

es in

Nee

d of

Ser

vice

s(F

INS)

pro

gram

atta

ched

to ju

veni

le a

nddi

stri

ct c

ourt

s st

atew

ide

is a

goo

d ex

ampl

e of

an e

ffor

t to

reac

h yo

ung

peop

le a

t the

fir

stsi

gn o

f pr

oble

ms.

Can

we

agre

e, f

inal

ly, t

hat t

he o

ver-

repr

esen

tatio

n of

Afr

ican

Am

eric

an c

hild

ren

at th

e ne

gativ

e en

ds o

f th

e in

dica

tors

of

child

wel

l-be

ing

cann

ot b

e w

ritte

n of

f as

a g

litch

?T

hen

let's

com

e to

geth

er c

olle

ctiv

ely

in a

nea

rnes

t eff

ort t

o id

entif

y th

e w

ays

raci

smw

orks

in o

ur in

stitu

tions

and

beg

in to

roo

t it o

ut a

nd r

epai

r th

e da

mag

e.W

e ca

nnot

dis

man

tle r

acis

m in

divi

dual

ly b

ecau

se w

e di

dn't

crea

te it

indi

vidu

ally

. Ign

orin

g it

will

not

mak

e it

go a

way

and

talk

ing

abou

t it

will

not

mak

e it

wor

se. A

nd w

e ca

n't m

ake

the

stat

istic

s be

tter

unle

ss w

epa

y at

tent

ion

to w

hat's

hap

peni

ng a

t the

bot

tom

end

s.

clos

e th

e un

ity c

ircl

e at

whi

ch th

e N

guzo

Sab

a is

spo

ken,

"T

he f

utur

e is

open

! W

e m

ust d

ecid

e!"

Ref

eren

ces

Bud

get o

f th

e U

nite

d St

ates

, 199

5.

Eco

nom

ic R

epor

t of

the

Pres

iden

t, 19

94. W

ashi

ngto

n D

.C.:

Pres

iden

t'sC

ounc

il of

Eco

nom

ic A

dvis

ors,

199

4.

Lou

isia

na D

epar

tmen

t of

Edu

catio

n, L

ouis

iana

Pro

gres

s Pr

ofile

s St

ate

Rep

ort.

Bat

on R

ouge

, Lou

isia

na, 1

993.

Our

frag

men

ied

SWA

M &

Nar

y

syst

ems

cogo

Od

be w

oven

toge

ther

On

way

s th

at T

ruly

rese

mbO

e a

safe

ty n

et h

stea

d

of th

e ob

stac

le c

OU

PS8

c©d

by a

sea

m o

f un

reD

ated

appn

eallo

n fo

rms.

The

re is

a s

et o

f pr

inci

ples

kno

wn

as th

e N

guzo

Sab

a, w

hich

wer

eco

mpi

led

by R

on K

aren

ga to

gui

de A

fric

an A

mer

ican

s to

war

d a

valu

es-

base

d w

ay o

f lif

e. T

he N

guzo

Sab

a sp

eaks

to v

alue

s w

e ca

n al

l em

brac

e:un

ity, s

elf

dete

rmin

atio

n, c

olle

ctiv

e w

ork

and

resp

onsi

bilit

y, c

oope

rativ

eec

onom

ics,

pur

pose

, cre

ativ

ity, a

nd f

aith

. We

wou

ld li

ke to

end

this

pref

ace

and

begi

n th

e w

ork

ahea

d w

ith th

e w

ords

cus

tom

arily

use

d to

Lou

isia

na D

epar

tmen

t of

Soci

al S

ervi

ces

Figu

res,

199

4.

Lou

isia

na D

epar

tmen

t of

Rev

enue

and

Tax

atio

nFi

gure

s, 1

994.

Lou

isia

na S

tate

Bud

get,

1995

.

Han

dler

, Joe

l and

Yeh

eska

lH

asen

feld

."C

halle

ngin

g th

e M

yths

Abo

ut W

elfa

reR

ecip

ient

s,"

in "

New

Res

earc

h on

the

Tra

nsiti

onfr

om W

elfa

re to

Wor

k,"

CPS

Bri

ef (

Cal

ifor

nia

Polic

y Se

min

ar),

Vol

ume

7, N

o. 6

, May

, 199

5.

Pive

n, F

ranc

es F

ox a

nd R

icha

rd C

low

ard.

Reg

ulat

ing

the

Poor

: The

Fun

ctio

ns o

f Pu

blic

Wel

fare

. New

Yor

k: R

ando

mH

ouse

, [19

71]

1993

.

Schw

einh

art,

Law

renc

e J.

and

Dav

id P

. Wei

kart

."C

hang

ed L

ives

, Sig

nifi

cant

Ben

efits

," H

igh

Scop

e/R

esou

rce,

Sum

mer

199

3.

Top

olni

cki,

Den

ise.

"N

o M

ore

Pity

for

the

Poor

," M

oney

, May

199

5.

Uni

ted

Stat

es H

ouse

of

Rep

rese

ntat

ives

, Com

mitt

ee o

n W

ays

and

Mea

ns.

Ove

rvie

w o

f E

ntitl

emen

t Pro

gram

s: 1

994

Gre

en B

ook.

Was

hing

ton,

D.C

.:G

over

nmen

t Pri

ntin

g O

ffic

e, 1

995.

22

Age

nda

for

Chi

ldre

nA

gend

a fo

r C

hild

ren

is L

ouis

iana

's s

tate

wid

e co

mpr

ehen

sive

chi

ld a

dvoc

acy

orga

niza

tion.

Our

mis

sion

is to

mak

e L

ouis

iana

a s

tate

in w

hich

all

child

ren

can

thri

ve, b

y en

suri

ng th

at th

e ba

sic

need

s of

chi

ldre

n an

d fa

mili

es a

re m

et; b

yen

suri

ng th

at o

ur c

hild

ren

are

nurt

ured

and

wel

l tau

ght,

begi

nnin

g in

the

earl

yye

ars

and

cont

inui

ng th

roug

h ad

oles

cenc

e; b

y en

suri

ng th

at c

hild

ren

are

prot

ecte

d fr

om h

arm

, and

by

actin

g in

way

s th

at c

omba

t rac

ism

and

oth

er f

orm

sof

opp

ress

ion.

Age

nda

for

Chi

ldre

n co

mpi

les

info

rmat

ion

on th

e st

atus

of

child

ren,

mon

itors

legi

slat

ion

and

polic

ies

affe

ctin

g ch

ildre

n, a

nd a

cts

as a

stat

ewid

e ne

twor

k ca

pabl

e of

gen

erat

ing

posi

tive

chan

ge f

or c

hild

ren

and

fam

ilies

. Age

nda

for

Chi

ldre

n is

a p

riva

te, n

on-p

rofi

t org

aniz

atio

n su

ppor

ted

byin

divi

dual

and

cor

pora

te m

embe

rshi

ps, f

ound

atio

n gr

ants

, and

con

trac

ts.

Age

nda

for

Chi

ldre

n B

oard

of D

irect

ors

Alm

a H

. You

ng, P

h.D

., C

hair

pers

onB

ob B

erm

udez

Mar

gery

Fre

eman

Olg

a Ja

ckso

nC

elia

Kat

zC

arol

yn G

ay L

abou

isse

Mar

y L

.H. L

auri

e

Bar

bara

Lem

ann

Bar

bara

Maj

orM

arga

ret P

ereb

oom

, Ph.

D.

Patr

icia

Sch

indl

er, E

d.D

.

Leg

al C

ouns

el: D

avid

Ham

ilton

Pres

iden

t/CE

O: J

udy

Wat

ts

Age

nda

for

Chi

ldre

n B

oard

of A

dvis

ors

The

Rev

eren

d L

awre

nce

Arm

our,

Sr.

The

Rev

eren

d W

illia

m B

arnw

ell

Bet

ty C

arte

rC

hery

l Cra

mer

Pear

lie

H. E

lloie

Jane

Fer

guso

nJu

lie S

chw

am H

arri

sSh

irle

y K

. Has

pel

The

Rev

eren

d A

udre

y Jo

hnso

nM

ary

John

son

Lis

L.C

. Kah

n

Loui

sian

a K

ids

Cou

nt

Edw

in L

upbe

rger

Judy

Mas

sey

Eliz

abet

h M

cCar

thy

Joy

Oso

fsky

, Ph.

D.

Hol

ley

Pave

y, B

CSW

Mol

ly R

eily

Her

bert

Rot

hsch

ild, M

.D.

Byr

on T

regr

eD

anie

lle L

omba

rdo

Tro

stor

ffR

ober

t 0. W

ashi

ngto

n, P

h.D

.B

etty

Wis

dom

Lou

isia

na K

ids

Cou

nt is

a p

roje

ct o

f A

gend

a fo

r C

hild

ren.

The

pur

pose

of

Lou

isia

na K

ids

Cou

nt is

to d

ocum

ent t

he c

ondi

tions

of

child

ren

at th

e st

ate

and

pari

sh le

vel i

n th

e an

nual

Dat

a B

ook

on L

ouis

iana

's C

hild

ren;

to d

isse

min

ate

this

info

rmat

ion

as w

idel

y as

pos

sibl

e, a

nd to

mob

ilize

act

ion

for

child

ren

base

don

the

data

fin

ding

s. T

he K

ids

Cou

nt m

obili

zatio

n ef

fort

, kno

wn

as "

Com

ing

Tog

ethe

r fo

r C

hild

ren

and

Fam

ilies

," in

volv

es o

rgan

izin

g at

the

com

mun

ityle

vel a

roun

d ch

ild a

nd f

amily

issu

es. L

ouis

iana

Kid

s C

ount

is f

unde

d by

the

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n of

Bal

timor

e, M

aryl

and,

whi

ch f

unds

Kid

s C

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296

292

792

809

777

740

1,62

01,

487

1,29

51,

068

617

693

628

663

584

599

522

568

346

347

346

374

141

187

172

168

107

134

163

136

248

226

229

221

72,1

2172

,080

70,5

0269

,328

kis

coun

t

182

1995

Kid

s C

ount

Dat

a B

ook

On

Lou

isia

na's

Chi

ldre

n

Pop

ulat

ion

1994

Est

imat

es o

f to

tal p

opul

atio

n by

par

ish.

Sour

ce: U

nite

d St

ates

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s, P

opul

atio

n E

stim

ates

Bra

nch.

1992

Est

imat

es o

f po

pula

tion

by a

ge, s

ex, a

nd r

ace/

His

pani

c or

igin

.So

urce

: Uni

ted

Stat

es B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus,

Pro

duce

d by

the

Urb

an S

tudi

esIn

stitu

te, U

nive

rsity

of

Lou

isvi

lle.

Pove

riy

and

Onc

ovne

(T

990

cens

us)

Pov

erty

The

pov

erty

fig

ures

in th

is b

ook

refl

ect i

ndiv

idua

ls a

nd f

amili

es w

ho f

all

belo

w th

e fe

dera

l pov

erty

thre

shol

d. T

he p

over

ty th

resh

old

is th

e an

nual

inco

me

leve

l whi

ch is

thre

e tim

es th

e es

timat

e of

wha

t a f

amily

spe

nds

on f

ood

in a

yea

r. T

he p

over

ty th

resh

old

isad

just

ed f

or f

amily

siz

e an

d re

vise

dan

nual

ly to

allo

w f

or c

hang

es in

the

cost

of

livin

g as

ref

lect

ed in

the

Con

sum

erPr

ice

Inde

x. T

he p

over

ty th

resh

old

for

a fa

mily

of

four

per

sons

was

$12

,674

at th

e tim

e th

ese

figu

res

wer

e ca

lcul

ated

. Pov

erty

thre

shol

ds w

ere

appl

ied

ona

natio

nal b

asis

and

wer

e no

t adj

uste

d fo

r re

gion

al, s

tate

, or

loca

l var

iatio

nsin

the

cost

of

livin

g.So

urce

: Uni

ted

Stat

es B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus,

199

0.

Med

ian

Fam

ily I

ncom

e 19

94 e

stim

ated

inco

me

valu

e at

whi

ch a

n eq

ual

num

ber

of f

amili

es f

all a

bove

and

bel

ow.

Sour

ce: U

nite

d St

ates

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s.

Chi

ldre

n R

ecei

ving

AF

DC

Aid

to F

amili

es w

ith D

epen

dent

Chi

ldre

n(A

FDC

) is

a c

ash

assi

stan

ce p

rogr

am th

at s

tate

s ad

min

iste

r un

der

fede

ral

supe

rvis

ion

for

fam

ilies

with

chi

ldre

n w

ho m

eet s

peci

fic

elig

ibili

tyre

quir

emen

ts.

The

ben

efit

amou

nt is

det

erm

ined

by

the

num

ber

of f

amily

mem

bers

and

the

fam

ily's

cou

ntab

le in

com

e. F

or e

xam

ple,

a f

amily

of

thre

ew

ith n

o co

unta

ble

inco

me

will

rec

eive

a g

rant

of

$190

per

mon

th in

an

urba

nar

ea; $

174

per

mon

th in

a n

on-u

rban

are

a. A

fam

ily o

f th

ree

with

cou

ntab

lein

com

e in

exc

ess

of th

ese

amou

nts

wou

ld b

e in

elig

ible

for

AFD

C b

enef

its.

The

fig

ures

in th

is b

ook

refl

ect t

he a

vera

ge n

umbe

r of

chi

ldre

n re

ceiv

ing

AFD

C b

enef

its e

ach

mon

th in

the

give

n fi

scal

yea

r (J

uly

1st t

hrou

gh J

une

30th

).

Foo

d S

tam

psT

he F

ood

Stam

p pr

ogra

m is

a f

eder

al p

ublic

ass

ista

nce

prog

ram

whi

chpr

ovid

es f

ood

coup

ons

that

are

exc

hang

ed f

or f

ood.

Hou

seho

lds

in L

ouis

iana

with

gro

ss in

com

e be

low

130

% o

f th

e po

vert

y le

vel a

nd n

et in

com

e be

low

100%

of

the

pove

rty

leve

l may

be

elig

ible

for

Foo

d St

amps

. For

exa

mpl

e,th

e m

axim

um n

et in

com

e fo

r a

fam

ily o

f th

ree

is $

1027

per

mon

th. T

he f

igur

es

183

in th

is b

ook

refl

ect t

he n

umbe

r of

chi

ldre

n re

ceiv

ing

Food

Sta

mps

in th

e m

onth

of S

epte

mbe

r 19

95, a

s w

ell a

s th

e av

erag

e m

onth

ly c

oupo

n am

ount

and

hous

ehol

d si

ze in

the

give

n fi

scal

yea

r (J

uly

1st t

hrou

gh J

une

30th

).So

urce

: Sta

te o

f L

ouis

iana

, Dep

artm

ent o

f So

cial

Ser

vice

s, O

ffic

e of

Fam

ilySu

ppor

t Bat

on R

ouge

, Lou

isia

na.

Med

icai

dM

edic

aid

is a

pro

gram

join

tly f

unde

d by

sta

te a

nd f

eder

al g

over

nmen

ts to

prov

ide

med

ical

cov

erag

e fo

r po

or w

omen

and

chi

ldre

n. P

regn

ant w

omen

and

child

ren

unde

r th

e ag

e of

six

who

se f

amily

inco

mes

are

less

than

133

% o

f th

efe

dera

l pov

erty

leve

l and

chi

ldre

n be

twee

n th

e ag

es o

f 6

and

8 w

hose

fam

ilyin

com

e is

less

than

100

% o

f th

e fe

dera

l pov

erty

leve

l and

old

er c

hild

ren

who

are

eith

er c

ateg

oric

ally

or

med

ical

ly n

eedy

are

elig

ible

for

Med

icai

d.In

divi

dual

s re

ceiv

ing

AFD

C a

utom

atic

ally

qua

lify

for

Med

icai

d. T

he f

igur

ein

this

boo

k re

flec

ts th

e nu

mbe

r of

chi

ldre

n re

ceiv

ing

Med

icai

d in

the

give

nfi

scal

yea

r (J

uly

1st t

hrou

gh J

une

30th

).So

urce

: Sta

te o

f L

ouis

iana

, Dep

artm

ent o

f H

ealth

and

Hos

pita

ls, B

urea

u of

Hea

lth S

ervi

ces

Fina

ncin

g, B

aton

Rou

ge, L

ouis

iana

.

WIC

Spe

cial

Sup

plem

enta

l Foo

d P

rogr

am fo

r W

omen

, Inf

ants

and

Chi

ldre

n (W

IC)

WIC

Spe

cial

Sup

plem

enta

l Foo

d Pr

ogra

m f

or W

omen

, Inf

ants

and

Chi

ldre

n(W

IC)

is a

fed

eral

foo

d pr

ogra

m w

hich

pro

vide

s su

pple

men

tal f

oods

, nut

ritio

nal

scre

enin

g an

d nu

triti

on c

ouns

elin

g to

elig

ible

low

inco

me

preg

nant

wom

en,

new

or

nurs

ing

mot

hers

, and

chi

ldre

n un

der

5 w

ho a

re a

t "nu

triti

onal

ris

k."

Elig

ibili

ty is

set

by

the

fede

ral g

over

nmen

t at 1

85%

of

the

pove

rty

leve

l. W

ICis

not

an

entit

lem

ent p

rogr

am. T

he d

ata

cont

aine

d in

this

boo

k in

clud

e th

eav

erag

e nu

mbe

r of

infa

nts

and

child

ren

part

icip

atin

g in

the

WIC

pro

gram

betw

een

the

mon

ths

of O

ctob

er 1

994

and

Aug

ust 1

995.

Sour

ce: S

tate

of

Lou

isia

na, D

epar

tmen

t of

Hea

lth a

nd. H

ospi

tals

, Off

ice

ofPu

blic

Hea

lth, N

utri

tion

Serv

ices

, New

Orl

eans

, Lou

isia

na.

Chi

ld C

are

Ass

ista

nce

The

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

rece

ivin

g ch

ild c

are

subs

idie

s th

roug

h th

e fe

dera

lC

hild

Car

e an

d D

evel

opm

ent B

lock

Gra

nt a

nd T

itle

IV-A

At-

Ris

k ch

ild c

are

prog

ram

s du

ring

the

mon

th o

f Se

ptem

ber

1995

.

Chi

ld C

are

Ass

ista

mce

Wai

ting

Lis

tT

he n

umbe

r of

chi

ldre

n w

ho h

ave

been

fou

nd e

ligib

le to

rec

eive

Chi

ld C

are

Ass

ista

nce

and

are

wai

ting

for

fund

s to

bec

ome

avai

labl

e as

of

Sept

embe

r 19

95.

Sour

ce: S

tate

of

Lou

isia

na, D

epar

tmen

t of

Soci

al S

ervi

ces,

Chi

ld C

are

Ass

ista

nce

Prog

ram

, Bat

on R

ouge

, Lou

isia

na.

Ear

ned

Inco

me

Tax

Cre

dit (

# of

fam

ilies

, 199

4)T

he n

umbe

r of

fam

ilies

who

rec

eive

d th

e E

arne

d In

com

e T

ax C

redi

t (E

ITC

)

1995

Kid

s C

ount

Dat

a B

ook

On

Lou

isia

na's

Chi

ldre

n

kis

coun

t

18'4

base

d on

com

plet

ed 1

994

inco

me

tax

retu

rns.

The

EIT

C is

a r

efun

dabl

ein

com

e ta

x cr

edit

for

fam

ilies

who

wor

k at

low

and

mod

erat

ely

low

wag

es.

The

max

imum

inco

me

leve

l for

EIT

C e

ligib

ility

in 1

994

was

$25

,296

.So

urce

: Int

erna

l Rev

enue

Ser

vice

, New

Orl

eans

Dis

tric

t, N

ew O

rlea

ns,

Lou

isia

na.

Mat

erna

l and

Chi

ld H

ealth

Live

Birt

hsT

he to

tal n

umbe

r of

live

bir

ths

to w

omen

in L

ouis

iana

.

Perc

ent B

irth

s to

Tee

nsL

ive

birt

hs to

wom

en a

ges

19 a

nd u

nder

as

a pe

rcen

t of

all l

ive

birt

hs to

wom

enof

the

sam

e ra

ce.

Per

cent

Low

Birt

hwei

ght B

abie

sL

ive

birt

hs u

nder

250

0 gr

ams

(5.5

pou

nds)

as

a pe

rcen

t of

all l

ive

birt

hs to

wom

en o

f th

e sa

me

race

.

Per

cent

Wom

en R

ecei

ving

Ade

quat

e P

rena

tal C

are

Perc

enta

ge b

ased

on

mod

ifie

d K

essn

er I

ndex

. In

gene

ral,

care

mus

t beg

in in

the

firs

t tri

mes

ter

of p

regn

ancy

, with

a m

inim

um n

umbe

r of

doc

tor

visi

tsdu

ring

eac

h pe

riod

of

gest

atio

n in

ord

er to

be

cons

ider

ed "

adeq

uate

."

Infa

nt M

orta

lity

Rat

eT

he a

vera

ge n

umbe

r of

dea

ths

per

year

of

infa

nts

unde

r on

e ye

ar o

f ag

e pe

r1,

000

live

birt

hs to

mot

hers

of

the

sam

e ra

ce.

Sour

ce: S

tate

of

Lou

isia

na, D

epar

tmen

t of

Hea

lth a

nd H

ospi

tals

, Off

ice

ofPu

blic

Hea

lth, S

tate

Cen

ter

for

Hea

lth I

nfor

mat

ion,

New

Orl

eans

, Lou

isia

na.

Per

cent

Chi

ldre

n w

ith u

p-to

-dat

e Im

mun

izat

ion

1994

Par

ish

leve

l dat

a ba

sed

on a

rev

iew

of i

mm

uniz

atio

n re

cord

s of

ast

ratif

ied

rand

om s

ampl

e of

chi

ldre

n im

mun

ized

in p

ublic

hea

lth c

linic

s.C

hild

ren

wer

e co

nsid

ered

up-

to-d

ate

if b

y ag

e 24

mon

ths

they

had

rec

eive

dth

e fo

llow

ing

imm

uniz

atio

ns:

4 D

TPs

(di

phth

eria

, tet

anus

, per

tuss

is),

3po

lios,

and

1 M

MR

(m

easl

es, m

umps

, rub

ella

).So

urce

: Sta

te o

f L

ouis

iana

, Dep

artm

ent o

f H

ealth

and

Hos

pita

ls, O

ffic

e of

Publ

ic H

ealth

, Im

mun

izat

ion

Prog

ram

, New

Orl

eans

, Lou

isia

na.

% C

hild

ren

with

out H

ealth

Insu

ranc

eA

n es

timat

ed p

erce

ntag

e of

chi

ldre

n un

der

age

18 n

ot c

over

ed b

y pu

blic

or

priv

ate

heal

th in

sura

nce

in 1

993.

Sour

ce: M

arch

, 199

4 C

urre

nt P

opul

atio

n Su

rvey

, U.S

. Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s.

1995

Kid

s C

unt

Dat

a B

ook

On

Lou

isia

na's

Chi

kken

Chi

ld D

eath

Rat

eT

he a

vera

ge n

umbe

r of

dea

ths

per

year

of

child

ren

betw

een

the

ages

of

1-14

year

s fr

om a

ll ca

uses

per

100

,000

Lou

isia

na r

esid

ents

of

the

sam

e ag

e.

Tee

n V

iole

nt D

eath

Rat

eT

he a

vera

ge n

umbe

r of

dea

ths

per

year

of

teen

s 15

-19

year

s du

e to

vio

lenc

e(i

nclu

ding

acc

iden

ts, h

omic

ides

and

sui

cide

s) p

er 1

00,0

00 L

ouis

iana

res

iden

tsof

the

sam

e ag

e.

Tee

n S

uici

de R

ate

The

ave

rage

num

ber

of d

eath

s pe

r ye

ar o

f te

ens

15-1

9 ye

ars

due

to s

uici

de p

er10

0,00

0 L

ouis

iana

res

iden

ts o

f th

e sa

me

age.

Tee

n A

ccid

ent D

eath

Rat

eT

he a

vera

ge n

umbe

r of

dea

ths

per

year

of

teen

s 15

-19

year

s du

e to

acc

iden

tspe

r 10

0,00

0 L

ouis

iana

res

iden

ts o

f th

e sa

me

age.

Tee

n H

omic

ide

Rat

eT

he a

vera

ge n

umbe

r of

dea

ths

per

year

of

teen

s 15

-19

year

s du

e to

hom

icid

ean

d le

gal i

nter

vent

ion

per

100,

000

Lou

isia

na r

esid

ents

of

the

sam

e ag

e.

Sour

ce: S

tate

of

Lou

isia

na, D

epar

tmen

t of

Hea

lth a

nd H

ospi

tals

, Off

ice

ofPu

blic

Hea

lth, S

tate

Cen

ter

for

Hea

lth I

nfor

mat

ion,

New

Orl

eans

, Lou

isia

na.

Chi

ldre

n in

Tro

uble

Chi

ldre

n E

nter

ing

the

Juve

nile

Jus

tice

Sys

tem

, fis

cal y

ear

1995

(Jul

y 1,

199

4-Ju

ne 3

0, 1

995)

.T

his

incl

udes

chi

ldre

n in

cus

tody

(in

sec

ure

and

non-

secu

re p

lace

men

ts);

child

ren

unde

r su

perv

isio

n (i

nclu

ding

Inf

orm

al A

djus

tmen

t Agr

eem

ents

),ca

ses

that

wer

e re

ferr

ed to

the

Off

ice

of Y

outh

Dev

elop

men

t but

div

erte

d fr

omco

urt,

and

case

s st

ill p

endi

ng c

ourt

act

ion.

Num

ber

serv

ed r

epre

sent

s th

enu

mbe

r of

act

ive

case

s on

7/1

/94

plus

all

thos

e en

teri

ng th

e sy

stem

dur

ing

fisc

al y

ear

1995

. On

any

give

n da

y du

ring

the

year

, the

re a

re a

ppro

xim

atel

y8,

500

child

ren

in th

e ca

re o

f th

e O

ffic

e of

You

th D

evel

opm

ent.

The

sta

te to

tal

pres

ente

d in

this

boo

k is

gre

ater

than

the

sum

of

child

ren

in c

usto

dy in

eac

hpa

rish

bec

ause

the

stat

e to

tal i

nclu

des

case

s w

hich

don

't ha

ve a

par

ish

ofco

mm

itmen

t.So

urce

: Sta

te o

f L

ouis

iana

, Dep

artm

ent o

f Pu

blic

Saf

ety

and

Cor

rect

ions

,O

ffic

e of

You

th D

eVel

opm

ent,

Bat

on R

ouge

, Lou

isia

na.

186

ChM

Abu

se a

nd M

eg O

ect

Val

id A

buse

and

Neg

lect

Cas

es (

no. o

f chi

ldre

n)T

he n

umbe

r of

chi

ldre

n w

ho h

ave

been

abu

sed

or n

egle

cted

as

dete

rmin

edby

the

stat

e's

offi

ce o

f C

hild

Pro

tect

ive

Serv

ices

in th

e gi

ven

fisc

al y

ear

(Jul

y1s

t thr

ough

Jun

e 30

th).

Par

ishe

s w

ith a

n as

teri

sk (

*) d

o no

t hav

e pa

rish

-sp

ecif

ic d

ata

avai

labl

e. V

alid

cas

es o

f ab

use

and

negl

ect i

n th

ese

pari

shes

are

refl

ecte

d in

the

figu

res

for

othe

r pa

rish

es o

f th

e sa

me

regi

on a

s fo

llow

s:

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umpt

ion

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nvill

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aldw

ell

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eron

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ibor

neJa

ckso

nL

aSal

leR

ed R

iver

St. C

harl

esSt

. Hel

ena

St. J

ames

Ten

sas

Wes

t Bat

on R

ouge

Wes

t Fel

icia

narefl

ecte

d in 11

Laf

ourc

he d

ata

Web

ster

dat

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uach

ita d

atC

alca

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ebst

er d

ata

Lin

coln

dat

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atah

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dat

aN

atch

itoch

es d

ata

St. J

ohn

data

Tan

gipa

hoa

data

St. J

ohn

data

Mad

ison

Iber

ville

dat

aE

ast F

elic

iana

dat

a

Chi

ldre

n in

Fos

ter

Car

eT

he n

umbe

r of

chi

ldre

n w

ho a

re th

e re

spon

sibi

lity

of th

e st

ate

in o

ut-o

f-ho

me

plac

emen

ts d

urin

g th

e m

onth

of

June

in th

e gi

ven

year

.So

urce

:St

ate

of L

ouis

iana

, Dep

artm

ent o

f So

cial

Ser

vice

s, O

ffic

e of

Com

mun

ity S

ervi

ces,

Inf

orm

atio

n M

anag

emen

t Uni

t, B

aton

Rou

ge,

Lou

isia

na.

PubO

ic E

ducc

tion

Reg

istr

atio

nT

he to

tal n

umbe

r of

pub

lic s

choo

l stu

dent

s on

the

firs

t day

of

the

1993

-199

4sc

hool

yea

r, in

clud

ing

pre-

kind

erga

rten

stu

dent

s.

Per

Pup

il E

xpen

ditu

res

The

exp

endi

ture

s pe

r st

uden

t in

aver

age

daily

mem

bers

hip

in 1

993-

1994

.C

urre

nt e

xpen

ditu

res

incl

ude

only

inst

ruct

ion

and

supp

ort s

ervi

ces

and

do

187

not i

nclu

de a

dult

educ

atio

n ex

pens

es.

Tea

cher

Sal

ary

(ave

rage

)T

he a

vera

ge s

alar

y pa

id to

full-

time

publ

ic s

choo

l tea

cher

s in

199

3-94

.

Dro

pout

s 19

93-9

4N

umbe

r of

stu

dent

s in

gra

des

7-12

who

wer

e en

rolle

d in

sch

ool a

t som

e tim

edu

ring

the

prev

ious

sch

ool y

ear,

had

not

gra

duat

ed f

rom

hig

h sc

hool

or

com

plet

ed a

n ap

prov

ed e

duca

tion

prog

ram

, and

do

not m

eet a

ny o

f th

efo

llow

ing

excl

usiv

e co

nditi

ons:

tran

sfer

to a

noth

er p

ublic

sch

ool d

istr

ict,

priv

ate

scho

ol, o

r st

ate

or d

istr

ict a

ppro

ved

educ

atio

n pr

ogra

m; t

empo

rary

abse

nce

due

to s

uspe

nsio

n or

sch

ool-

appr

oved

illn

ess

or d

eath

.Sp

ecia

led

ucat

ion

stud

ents

are

exc

lude

d fr

om th

e co

unt i

f th

ey a

ttend

no

regu

lar

educ

atio

n cl

asse

s.So

urce

: 145

th A

nnua

l Fin

anci

al a

nd S

tatis

tical

Rep

ort,

Lou

isia

na D

epar

tmen

tof

Edu

catio

n, O

ffic

e of

Res

earc

h an

d D

evel

opm

ent,

Bur

eau

of S

choo

lA

ccou

ntab

ility

, Bat

on R

ouge

, Lou

isia

na.

Chi

ld S

uppo

rt

Tot

al N

umbe

r of

Cas

esA

Chi

ld S

uppo

rt E

nfor

cem

ent c

ase

is d

efin

ed a

s ev

ery

abse

nt p

aren

t who

isno

w o

r m

ay e

vent

ually

be

oblig

ated

und

er la

w f

or th

e su

ppor

t of

one

or m

ore

depe

nden

t chi

ldre

n. T

he n

umbe

r in

this

boo

k in

clud

es c

olle

ctio

n ca

ses

(cas

es in

whi

ch a

n ob

ligat

ion

for

supp

ort h

as b

een

esta

blis

hed)

and

inta

keca

ses

(cas

es in

whi

ch a

n ob

ligat

ion

has

not y

et b

een

esta

blis

hed)

.

Per

cent

Cas

es w

ith C

olle

ctio

nT

he p

erce

nt o

f ca

ses

in w

hich

an

oblig

atio

n fo

r su

ppor

t has

bee

n es

tabl

ishe

d.A

n ob

ligat

ion

is th

e le

gal e

stab

lishm

ent o

f an

am

ount

of

mon

ey w

hich

is to

be p

aid

on a

reg

ular

bas

is b

y a

non-

cust

odia

l par

ent f

or th

e su

ppor

t of

that

pare

nt's

chi

ldre

n.

Am

ount

Ow

edT

he a

ctua

l dol

lar

amou

nt o

wed

for

all

colle

ctio

n ca

ses

in th

e gi

ven

fisc

alye

ar (

July

1st

thro

ugh

June

30t

h).

Am

ount

Pai

dT

he d

olla

r am

ount

pai

d on

all

colle

ctio

n ca

ses

in th

e gi

ven

fisc

al y

ear

(Jul

y1s

t thr

ough

Jun

e 30

th).

Sour

ce: S

tate

of

Lou

isia

na, O

ffic

e of

Chi

ld S

uppo

rt E

nfor

cem

ent S

ervi

ces,

Bat

on R

ouge

, Lou

isia

na.

coun

t

A w

ord

abou

t dat

a....

Eve

ry a

ttem

pt h

as b

een

mad

e to

com

pile

the

late

st a

nd m

ost a

ccur

ate

figu

res

1995

Kid

s C

ount

Dat

aok

On

Lou

isia

na's

Chi

ldre

n188

avai

labl

e on

chi

ld w

ell-

bein

g at

the

stat

e an

d pa

rish

leve

l. H

owev

er, t

here

are

limita

tions

to th

ese

data

. Som

e of

the

data

, inc

ludi

ng c

ensu

s da

ta o

n po

vert

y,an

d un

insu

red

child

ren,

are

bas

ed o

n sa

mpl

es o

f th

e po

pula

tion

and

as s

uch

are

subj

ect t

o sa

mpl

ing

vari

abili

ty.

For

othe

r in

dica

tors

, suc

h as

chi

ldsu

ppor

t, pa

rish

leve

l dat

a w

ere

unav

aila

ble.

For

som

e he

alth

indi

cato

rs, s

uch

as c

hild

dea

th a

nd te

en v

iole

nt d

eath

rat

es, d

ata

coul

d no

t be

pres

ente

d on

the

pari

sh le

vel b

ecau

se th

e nu

mbe

rs w

ere

too

smal

l to

calc

ulat

e a

mea

ning

ful

rate

.

189

1995

Kid

s C

ount

Dat

a B

ook

On

Lou

isia

na's

Chi

ldre

n

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