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Empowering Families council reconvenes; Catholic Charities say $225,000 pilot grant set to end in March
Summary
The Empowering Families to Live Well Council met Dec. 18, heard updates from Catholic Charities in New Orleans and Baton Rouge on reentry, homeless and early‑childhood pilots, and learned that a $225,000 state allocation funding those pilots and an independent evaluation expires in March unless renewed.
Senator Barrow convened the Empowering Families to Live Well Council on Dec. 18 to revive a state advisory body created to coordinate services for families and children and to hear program updates from Catholic Charities and their independent evaluators.
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans and Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge reported on five‑year pilot projects funded in part through a $225,000 state general fund allocation to the Department of Children and Family Services. Tom Costanza of the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops said the allocation provided $100,000 to each Catholic Charities agency and $25,000 to Tripwise for evaluation…
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