2019 ACAP Winter Conference – Register Now!

PARAGON CASINO RESORT • MARKSVILLE, LOUISIANA • JANUARY 29-31, 2019 Join ACAP Louisiana at the 2019 Winter Conference. Special Conference Room Rate Available. You must reserve by 1/1/2019 Register...

United Way ALICE Report – UPDATED

Study of financial hardship Read the Updated 2017 Regional Report Read the updated 2017 Full Report United Way ALICE® Project ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. The United Way term represents the growing number of hardworking individuals and...

2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book

READ OR DOWNLOAD THE REPORT (68 PG PDF) The 2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book urges policymakers not to back away from targeted investments that help U.S. children become healthier, more likely to complete high school and better positioned to contribute to the nation’s...

Poverty Is Rampant In The U.S., But We Pretend It’s Not

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington When my older brother and I were in elementary school, the teacher assigned the class to bring a bug into class that was familiar in our neighborhood. My brother, who was probably seven years old at the time, immediately thought to bring a...

“I Didn’t Ask to Be Homeless: I Made Good Choices!”

Before I campaigned for State Representative, the main context I thought about homelessness in was a reflection of my past work for jail and prisons. Inmates being released from jail or prison need housing first and foremost because without a place to sleep the night...