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In 2021, 53% of Bossier Parish kindergarten students did not have the age-appropriate skills to be prepared for school. Kindergarten readiness is measured through a child's language and literacy skills, basic numeracy concepts, as well as social and motor skills....
The Teen Advisory Committee (TAC), an initiative of Step Forward, aims to improve educational outcomes for students of all ages in Northwest Louisiana. Established in 2019, TAC is a regional youth-led group, and its primary purpose is to help improve local policy...
CFNLA held the NWLA Early Childhood Policy Summit in the Fall of 2019 to address the needs of the nearly 60% of children in Caddo and Bossier parishes entering kindergarten unprepared. The Summit and resulting Resolution ultimately led CFNLA to create the Early...
Step Forward’s Building Futures Network met Thursday, February 16 to discuss the need for students to receive workforce preparation that matches the needs of local employers to increase employment for young adults. Network partners from Volunteers of America, Career...
Investors entered 2023 with great uncertainty about what the year might bring for financial markets. On the one hand, a strong labor market, decelerating inflation, and the Federal Reserve indicating a reduction in interest rate increases boosted equity markets to a...
CFNLA is thrilled to commemorate the 10th anniversary of North Louisiana's largest day of giving on May 2, 2023. Since its inception in 2014, Give for Good has inspired generosity from thousands of people like you who have given more than 70,000 donations, generating...
CFNLA CEO, Kristi Gustavson, recently sat down with a donor to discuss year-end giving and how CFNLA might help maximize her charitable giving while minimizing her taxes. This was their discussion: JANE: Is now a good time for me to plan my year-end charitable giving?...
CFNLA recently released Community Counts 2022, a data report for the Shreveport-Bossier MSA examining socioeconomic factors including- Population, Economic Well-Being, Human Capital, Health, Social Environment, and Physical Environment. Data collected is ranked in...
Community Foundation of North Louisiana brings people and resources together to solve problems and enhance our community. Established in 1961, the Foundation oversees more than $180 million in assets for the benefit of North Louisiana. The funds managed by the...
It is impossible to be right all the time. Well...except, of course, when you are the mother. Parenting aside, in my former career as an attorney, it was my job to convince a judge my view was the correct view. Most legal arguments are carefully formulated through...