Resources on Poverty and Homelessness
In Council for a Better Louisiana's 2009 Louisiana Fact Book you can find many enlightening statistics on our state. Did you know that 22.7% of Louisiana's children live in poverty? Contemplating these numbers might make you sad, but thankfully more than 2/3 of Louisianians contribute to the 1,100 nonprofit organizations working to make our state a better place and more than 1/3 of Louisianians volunteer their time at those nonprofits.
In Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's 2008 Solutions to Poverty Executive Order Governor Jindal states that "the most effective strategies for reducing poverty are those that help... families move from poverty to self-sufficiency through effective educational and workforce supports." Governor Jindal calls for "continuing collaborative effort[s] between...government agencies, community-level stakeholders, nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations and private industry to identify and implement effective, efficient strategies for addressing poverty."
america's youngest outcasts: state report card on child homelessness (2009)
Louisiana Family Economic Security Profile*
from the National Center for Children in Poverty
Mailman School of Public Health,
Columbia University
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Q & A:
Why is homelessness an important issue?
