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Routine Performance Audits Can Help Louisianans Find Career Paths Out of Poverty
Louisiana’s official poverty rate of 19.6% in 2021 was the highest in the country, according to the U.S. [...]
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A Social Safety Net that Works
Louisiana’s collection of safety-net programs needs a paradigm shift so its low-income, work-capable [...]
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Louisiana’s TANF Woes Are Connected to DCFS Concerns
Over the past few months, tragedies involving abused and neglected children and a “toxic” work [...]
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Failures in Accountability Plague Our Assistance Programs
Accountability in our assistance programs is essential to helping Louisiana families. The Louisiana [...]
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Louisiana Driver’s License Suspensions Hurt the Poor Without Improving Safety
The suspension of a person’s driver’s license should be a consequence of poor driving that [...]
Read moreNew Welfare Reform Plan Seeks to Put Recipients to Work
Republican House members introduce the Welfare Reform Act of 2011, which is set to expand the reforms of [...]
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