Governor Bobby Jindal has attempted to provide more funding for mental health care in New Orleans including legislation that would assure that those individuals who are being non-compliant in their medical care are not risking others or themselves.He has also proposed more funding for satellite services using telemedicine.One legislative committee however has attempted to cut Medicaid in Louisiana but approximately 120 million dollars from the budget.Medicaid covers the disabled and poor.
Veterans and schools
History and Cox New Orleans kicked off the Second Annual Take a Veteran to School Day outreach initiative at The National World War II Museum in New Orleans this morning. Launched in 2007, the national grassroots campaign links schools, communities, cable affiliates and veterans of all ages. In its inaugural year, the highly successful program enlisted more than 350 schools in all 50 states with 40 participating cable operators to link veterans with young people in schools and communities across America.
Over 120 fifth grade students and their teachers from all four parishes (Orleans, Jefferson, St. Charles and St. Bernard) served by Cox New Orleans attended and accompanied local World War II veterans on a tour of the museum.
Ex-Convicts At Work
Ex-offenders face many challenges after their release from prison.Finding a job can be one of the toughest.
Nearly 2,000 ex-offenders have been referred to employment opportunities through a process called J-CORE.
J-CORE (Judicial-Core Opportunity Referral to Employment) was initiated in July 2007 by the Louisiana Department of Labor, in collaboration with its local partners in the Workforce Investment Areas, the Louisiana Department of Corrections and the Office of Youth Development.Its purpose is to provide career counseling and job placement services to ex-offenders, to help them secure employment as soon as possible after release.
The application process can begin while the individual is still incarcerated or after release.The ex-offender will be referred by a probation or parole office to a Department of Labor Business and CareerSolutionsCenter where a case manager will explore individual skills, abilities and work preferences and initiate a job search.
The center informs the ex-offender’s parole officer, supervisor or case manager that the ex-offender is active in the system and which services are being provided.
Businesses that hire ex-offenders have opportunities for special incentives, such as federal bonding, a federal tax credit through the Work Opportunity Tax Credit and the Incumbent Worker Training Program.
“J-CORE provides our business community with an underused, work-ready supply of labor,” said Louisiana Department of Labor Secretary Tim Barfield.“In order to fill the nearly 100,000 job openings in our state we must open our eyes to all options, and businesses that are having trouble filling their vacancies should explore this program.”
According to Whalen Gibbs, assistant secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, about 15,000 inmates are released to Louisiana communities each year.
“Through the J-CORE partnership, ex-offenders have been placed in jobs and training programs, which improves the likelihood of successful re-entry,”
he said.“Meaningful and gainful employment that pays a livable wage is a key component in curtailing the revolving door of recidivism.”
Asbestos Trial Affirmed
Just fifteen months after winning a $3.2 million verdict against contractors Parsons Infrastructure & Technology Group, Inc. and Jacobs Constructors, Inc. on behalf of mesothelioma victim Ray Rando, Baron & Budd, P.C. today announced the verdict has been affirmed by the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal.
Rando, a former welder and pipefitter, contracted mesothelioma as a result of asbestos exposure while he worked for the defendants.
Rando was represented at trial by attorneys Cameron Waddell and Jody Alderman of Baton Rouge's LeBlanc & Waddell. Baron & Budd's Renee Melancon was appellate counsel for Rando.
Jindal Warned
Is the Ethics Gold Standard more harsh to prove ethics cases or easier.This is the big debate and with the presumption of wrongdoing higher than before, some say it makes it more difficult for the Ethics Board to prove a case.Ethics board warned Jindal
Jindal 'warned'????? [The Ethics Board has 21 employees and an annual budget of less than $2 million.] Oh boo-hoo-hoo................. That is only approx. 95K+ per year per person to do their job, whatever that may be..... Now how on earth can anyone do any paper shuffling for only 95+K per year per person!?!?!?!????? Written by
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Ex-Convicts At Work.............................. Well, they can always work at McDonald's, or Burger King, or they can work at one of our prosperous crack houses down here I suppose................................ Written by
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[One legislative committee however has attempted to cut Medicaid in Louisiana but approximately 120 million dollars from the budget. Medicaid covers the disabled and poor.]............ Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I would wonder if this wasn't some kind of residual 'fall out' or in line 'blow back' as a result of Piyush's H.R. 6111 passed on the house floor? That is if DeNeuse has something or sumting ta do wit da legislative peoples in da D.C.'s......................... {Some of these articles are really hard to decipher}......... Oh well, that Bobby Jindal, he is one heck ov a forward tinking tinker him......
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