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January 25, 2012 | Program Result
One casualty of Hurricane Katrina was the hospital known as "Big Charity" - which had provided care to thousands of uninsured New Orleans' residents. LSU Health Care Services Division is using "evidence-based design" to plan a new top-tier hospital.
December 17, 2008 | Program Result
Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal seeks to reduce social isolation in distressed areas of Shreveport, La., and adjacent Bossier City and to disseminate its model of renewal to other cities.
December 17, 2008 | Program Result
The position of community coordinator is a demanding one that can take an emotional toll, says Michael B. Leonard, D.D.S., associate coordinator of Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal.
December 17, 2008 | Program Result
Stacy Davis is a resident of Shreveport's Cedar Grove neighborhood who had - past tense, he makes plain - a rough life on the streets.
December 17, 2008 | Program Result
The sign reads 'Cedar Grove Garden of Love,' and on this bright spring day 79-year-old Margaret Myles is planting marigolds. "I want this place to be the prettiest place in the community," says Myles as she finishes her work.
October 17, 2008 | Program Result
The Foundation for the Mid South engaged stakeholders in a planning process to launch the Mid South Health Initiative, designed to identify strategies that would improve the health of people in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
June 12, 2012 | Program Result
The Technical Assistance Collaborative provided capacity building, technical assistance, and policy support to social service organizations serving people with disabilities in need of permanent supportive housing following 2005's Hurricanes Rita and Katrina.
October 15, 2009 | Program Result
State Solutions was designed to increase enrollment in Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs).
February 10, 2009 | Program Result
State officials in Louisiana estimated that some 250,000 people were eligible for Medicare Savings Programs, but only 135,600 participated, according to a fall 2004 newsletter of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
September 5, 2005 | Program Result
This report by the Free to Grow National Program Office at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University summarizes efforts to integrate Free to Grow into the St. Mary, La., Head Start program.