The City of New Orleans recentlu announced that the COVID-19 Meal Assistance Program will continue to run until at least Mar. 31, bringing the program into its ninth month. The program is opearted in parttnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This emergency food program serves New Orleans residents by...
Enough about Harry and Meghan: Let’s Talk about Us!
Let’s Talk About Us, Not Them! Featured in a recent New York Times article, Anique Houpe, is a single mother of two boys in suburban Atlanta. Before the pandemic, she was worked as a letter carrier, had a side hustle as a caterer and had just moved into a rent-to-own...
Statewide Rental Assistance Program Launches with $161 Million in Federal Funds
Orleans, Jefferson and five other parishes will administer their own programs Governor John Bel Edwards recently announced the launch of Louisiana’s new statewide emergency rental assistance program for renters and landlords experiencing financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The $161 million program will serve the 57 parishes...
City Will Begin Taking Applications for Rental Assistance Program on Feb. 15
The Mayor’s Office today (Wed., Feb. 10) announced an expansion of its rental assistance program with the recent allocation of $11.6 million in federal funds. The City is expecting an additional $14 million from the state of Louisiana for rental assistance. This program will begin taking applications on Monday, Feb....
City Breaks Ground on $5.27M Expansion of Low Barrier Shelter
Today (Thursday, Feb, 4), Mayor LaToya Cantrell and other city officials broke ground on the $5.27 million expansion of the Low Barrier Shelter that opened in Fall 2018. The project is expected to be completed this summer. “This expansion of the Low Barrier Shelter will increase capacity by 200 percent,”...
City Extends Meal Assistance Program through February
In partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the City of New Orleans recently announced that the COVID-19 Meal Assistance Program will continue through at least Mar. 1, 2021, bringing the program into its eighth month. Funding for the program's extension was approved by FEMA, which covers 75 percent of...
WHAT WE’RE SAYING: Senate Committee Tanks Bill To Spare Students with Outstanding Lunch School Lunch Bills Embarrassment
Last week, the state Senate Education Committee voted 4-2 to reject a bill that would have prevented schools from punishing and embarrassing students with outstanding lunch debts. The bill would have prohibited the public identification of such students and relieved them of extra chores or exclusion from any school privileges for unpaid...
By the Numbers: The Katrina Pain Index 2016
[contentblock id=1 img=gcb.png] By Bill Quiqley Hurricane Katrina hit 11 years ago. Population of the city of New Orleans is down by over 95,000 people from 484,674 in 2000 to 389,617 in 2015. Almost all this loss of people is in the African-American community. Child poverty is up, double the national...