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Profiles (Showing 8 Featured Indicators of full set)

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Child Population (2007)	1,079,560
Low Birthweight Babies (2006)	11.4%
Federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) (2006)	28%
Publicly Insured Children (Medicaid and LaCHIP) (2008)	660,388
Youth Under the Supervision of the Office of Juvenile Justice (2007)	4,661
Children in Foster Care (FY 2007)	5,140
Pre-Kindergarten Enrollment in Public Schools (SY 2008)	33,438
Average Class Size (Public Schools) (SY 2006)	17

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Poverty

Children in Poverty (2007)

U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, Small Area Estimates Branch, Washington D.C.

Estimated number and percentage of related children under age 18 living in families with incomes less than the federal poverty threshold.

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Louisiana Grantee

Agenda for Children 1720 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70130

504-586-8509
tfalgoust@agendaforchildren.org
http://www.agendaforchildren.org

Teresa Falgoust, Kids Count Coordinator

Agenda for Children's mission is to make Louisiana a state in which all children can thrive.

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