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1/6/2023

2023-2024 LCTF Grant Cycle Open

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Louisiana Children's Trust Fund is pleased to announce that the 2023-2024 LCTF Grant Application Process is open. For more than 39 years the Louisiana Children’s Trust Fund has worked to prevent child abuse and neglect among Louisiana’s children and families through building strong cross-sector partnerships and increased child safety and public awareness. It is our constant goal to support community based efforts to develop, operate, expand, enhance and coordinate initiatives and programs geared toward the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

The 2023-2024 Grant Application will be COMPLETELY ONLINE!
For more information, click here.

Grant proposals must be submitted before Monday, February 24, 2023 noon (CST). No applications that are submitted late will be accepted or reviewed.

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8/8/2022

2022 Kids Count Data Book Released

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The 33rd edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT® Data Book describes how children in America are in the midst of a mental health crisis, struggling with anxiety and depression at unprecedented levels.
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This year’s publication continues to present national and state data across four domains — economic well-being, education, health and family and community — and ranks states in overall child well-being. The report includes pre-pandemic figures as well as more recent statistics, and shares the latest information of its kind available.


AMERICAN KIDS AND MENTAL HEALTH

The coronavirus pandemic has brought children trauma and tremendous loss over the past two and a half years. As of July 2022, the health crisis had killed more than 1 million people in America, including more than 1,600 children. During this same time span, more than 200,000 kids had lost a parent or primary caregiver to the virus.


These conditions have helped fuel what the U.S. surgeon general has called a mental health pandemic for youth. According to the Data Book, the incidence of anxiety and depression among kids has spiked. Comparing pre-pandemic to the first year of the COVID-19 crisis: The share of children struggling to make it through the day rose nearly 26% — from 9.4% (5.8 million kids) in 2016 to 11.8% (7.3 million kids) in 2020.


This pandemic within a pandemic has also laid bare persistent disparities. Across the United States, 9% of all high schoolers attempted suicide in the years before the most recent federal survey. This rate rises to 12% for Black students, 13% for students of two or more races and 26% for American Indian or Alaska Native high schoolers. Among LGBTQ youth, the statistics are similarly lopsided, with 23% of gay, lesbian or bisexual high schoolers reporting to have attempted suicide compared to just 6% of their heterosexual peers.


RACIAL INEQUITIES IN CHILD WELL-BEINGThe 2022 KIDS COUNT Data Book continues to identify racial and ethnic disparities that persist in America today. Some examples of these findings include:
  • 17% of children of all backgrounds live in poverty compared to 32% of Black children and 31% of American Indian children.
  • 27% of all kids have parents who lack secure employment; this rate rockets to 44% for American Indian children and 41% for Black children.
  • Latino children, when compared to their white peers, are also more likely to grow up in poverty and to have parents who aren’t securely employed.
The stark racial and ethnic disparities shaping American childhoods today — which the KIDS COUNT Data Book series captures year after year — disproportionately result in and contribute to troubling mental health issues among children of color.


RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGEEarly research indicates that addressing youth mental health needs can reduce or even eliminate pandemic-related stress. Accordingly, the Foundation calls on lawmakers to enact the programs and policies needed to ease mental health burdens on children and their families. They recommend:


  • prioritizing meeting kids’ basic needs. Children need a solid foundation of nutritious food, stable housing and safe neighborhoods — and their families need financial stability — to foster positive mental health and wellness;
  • ensuring that every child has access to the mental health care they need — when and where they need it; and
  • bolstering evidence-based mental health care that considers young people’s experiences and identities. It should also be geared toward early intervention, which can be especially important in the absence of a formal diagnosis of mental illness.

​Download PDF or go to website for this and other related reports. 

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6/30/2021

2021 Kidscount Report Available

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The 32nd edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT Data Book describes how children across the United States were faring before — and during — the coronavirus pandemic. This year’s publication continues to deliver the Foundation’s annual state rankings and the latest available data on child well-being. It identifies multi-year trends — comparing statistics from 2010 to 2019. In addition, the report shares data on how families endured the pandemic, sharing data from the Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey. Access the report.

The 2021 KIDS COUNT® Data Book offers a national look at the well-being of America's children and families by exploring how states are performing on key data indicators. For advocates, journalists and policymakers, our collection of national and state media-focused resources offer important insights provided by the data and the expertise of the Foundation and its KIDS COUNT Network. Click to review the press release about Louisiana's report data.

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3/29/2021

Hot Off the presses!

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The 2021/2022 Child abuse and neglect Prevention Guide has been released!

Child Welfare Information Gateway is pleased to inform you that the 2021 NCAPM microsite is now live! The microsite has been redesigned with a new look and feel. It continues to offer resources to help spread the word about the importance of preventing child abuse and neglect and features new content pages focused on this year’s child maltreatment data and foundational information on protective factors and adverse childhood experiences.
 
Last but certainly not least, the microsite highlights the all-new 2021/2022 Prevention Resource Guide: Thriving Children & Families. The guide continues to be rooted in the protective factors but now brings to the forefront how families, neighborhoods, communities, and States are successfully using them to protect children, strengthen families, and promote well-being. This year’s prevention resource guide also offers brand-new conversation guides that help service providers have personalized conversations with families about the six protective factors. Anyone looking for the previous resource guide and its resources can visit the Protective Factors Toolkit.
 
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3/4/2021

Start Planning Now and Be Ready for April - National Child Abuse Prevention Month

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National Child Abuse Prevention Month recognizes the importance of communities working together to help families thrive and prevent child maltreatment. During the month of April and throughout the year, communities are encouraged to increase awareness about child and family well-being, and work together to implement effective strategies that support families and prevent child abuse and neglect.

New outreach tools are available to help you show your support for National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April.  Download the Outreach Toolkit and use the free graphics and sample social media posts to help you make a plan to raise awareness about child abuse prevention.

Want to see more resources? Go to the
Children's Bureau website!
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