NEW ORLEANS:
- 30% of Black children live in poverty in New Orleans.
- There are only 100 official summer jobs. This is the lowest rate of summer jobs nationally for youth since 1996. Thousands of jobs are needed.
- Youth unemployment is officially 20% for teens. Most employed youth don’t have enough hours.
- After-school programs cost money for each child, and there are additional school fees.
- New Orleans is no. 2 in income inequality in the country. This trend is continuing.
- Youth crime has fallen 30% but the city wants more youth jailed, which can destroy their futures.
LOUISIANA:
- Early childhood education is cut from 40,000 children to 14,600 in 2018.
- Recent funding increases only replace cuts from federal grants.
- 173,000 low income children in LA cannot access affordable child care.
- 30% of children live in poverty. This is the highest rate in the U.S.
- LA ranks 49th in the national assessment of child well-being. 307,000 children in the state live in poverty.