The Louisiana Health Department has received a 24-million dollar grant from the federal government to combat the opioid epidemic. Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Behavioral Health Dr. Janice Petersen says the money will fund a comprehensive recovery program for addicts…
Cut 10 (10) “support services.“
The CDC says over one-thousand Louisiana residents died from an opioid overdose in 2016.

The trust fund that covers unemployment benefits for the state is projected to hit one billion dollars this year. The trust fund, managed by the Louisiana Workforce Commission, is the twelfth strongest in the nation. LWC executive director Ava Dejoie….
Cut 13 (10) “…at this mark.”
Dejoie says the fund also helps sustain the state’s Incumbent Worker Training Program.

The state has reopened its disaster assistance program for those impacted by the 2016 floods as it’s expected Congress will approve legislation to end the duplication of benefits ban, which has prevented thousands of flood victims from receiving additional assistance, because they received an S-B-A loan. Division of Administration Executive Director Pat Forbes says once the legislation is approved two additional hurdles will need to be cleared before the federal dollars become available…
cut 9 (10) “…that difficult”
2016 flood victims have until October 19th to complete the initial survey to secure federal grants through the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program and the application deadline is November 16th.