2011 Louisiana Legislative Session

During this 2011 Legislative Session, LAUW prepared and participated in many important legislative activities including making legislative visits, providing public testimony, and attending important committee meetings at the State Capitol.  LAUW successfully advocated to maintain funding for Louisiana 2-1-1, Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), and the Cecil J. Picard LA 4 Early Childhood Program, Kindergarten Readiness Assessment. 
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Louisiana’s Promise

LAUW has been a partner of Education’s Next Horizon’s “Louisiana’s Promise” since its inception in 2008 when the first ever statewide conference on dropout prevention was held.   Louisiana's Promise’s mission is to support the planning efforts of local districts to help them achieve a cohort graduation rate goal of 80% or greater by the 2014 school year.

Education’s Next Horizon is a statewide, non-profit organization dedicated solely to PreK-12 education improvement.  Its mission is to frame the debate for comprehensive system-wide reform and to connect Louisiana’s leadership—education, government, business and community—as a force supporting school improvement. Education’s Next Horizon serves students, parents, school districts, and state policymakers for the sole purpose of improving PreK-12 education.

LAUW also supports Education’s Next Horizon research and community engagement effort that is branded under ACT NOW! Louisiana.  Through this initiative, Education’s Next Horizon promotes data-driven policy-making to improve PreK-12 education.  LAUW continues to support the work of Louisiana’s Promise.  For more information on Education’s Next Horizon visit their website at:  http://www.ednexthorizon.org/index.asp

Louisiana Association of United Ways

The Louisiana Association of United Ways (LAUW) represents United Way Agencies throughout Louisiana and is committed to enhancing the human service delivery systems necessary to ensure the economic health of our state. 

The mission of LAUW is to increase the organized capacity of Louisiana United Way organizations.

The purpose of LAUW is to foster and enable the provision of efficient and effective community services for the citizens of the service area. 

LAUW’s staff includes a president, an executive assistant and special projects director, and a Louisiana 2-1-1 project manager to increase Louisiana’s capacity to deliver these vitally needed services and to demonstrate our ability to speak with one voice.