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Kingsley House eNewsletter
June/July 2008
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Off the press: Kingsley House video feature in Times-Picayune |
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Danny Borgue of the Times Picayune reports on the challenges Kingsley House faces three years after Hurricane Katrina.
To view the clip, click here. |
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Kingsley House celebrates 112 years
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On May 15, Kingsley House celebrated 112 years as a leader in the field of social services during our Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony. The event was marked by a keynote speech from Assistant Secretary Adren Wilson of the Louisiana Department of Social Services Office of Family Support (photo, left), and longtime Kingsley House employee Libby Milton (bottom photo, center) was honored with the prestigious Beverley Warner Award for outstanding service. |
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In addition, the Eleanor McMain and Bonita Godchaux Book Award for continuing education was presented to Peola Trumble-McKinnis, Walker/Talker for the Kingsley House Health Care For All Program (left photo, center). The Latino Health Access Network of the Hispanic Apostolate Community Services received the McMain Group Citizenship Award for their outstanding service in the community. The Maurice Stern Award for outstanding service as a first term Kingsley House Board Member was given to S. Mark Klyza.
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We are also pleased to announce that a special new award will be presented at all future Kingsley House Annual Meetings - The Libby Milton Champion for Children Award. Each year, this honor will recognize a member of our Kingsley House community who has made significant accomplishments on behalf of children, as Libby has for over 46 years.
To view Annual Meeting photo gallery, click here. |
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Kingsley House, LaCHIP ensure more children have health insurance |
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Governor Bobby Jindal recently announced that the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) surpassed its annual LaCHIP and Medicaid enrollment goals. The success stems from federal approval in January to expand coverage to insure more children from lower income and working families. In response, DHH and its community partners have aggressively sought to insure as many qualified children as possible through an extensive grassroots outreach campaign. With these concentrated efforts, more than 646,000 children in Louisiana are now covered by Medicaid and LaCHIP, exceeding the initial enrollment goal by 11,000 children. |
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Kingsley House is one of 11 DHH statewide partner agencies coordinating outreach and enrollment blitzes as part of the Louisiana Covering Kids & Families coalition, and has spearheaded the effort in the Bayou region. In addition to the Bayou region, Kingsley House's Health Care For All (HCFA) Program has been conducting door-to-door outreach for nearly 10 years in New Orleans. The "Walkers/Talkers" - as they are commonly known - walk door-to-door in neighborhoods of Central City, Algiers and New Orleans East to educate and help families enroll in LaCHIP. In the nine and a half years that HCFA has been in operation, the program has helped more than 8,000 individuals enroll in Medicaid and LaCHIP.
With the addition of the new LaCHIP Affordable Plan, which will provide low-cost health insurance to children whose families' income levels exceed qualifications for standard no-cost LaCHIP coverage, the Walkers/Talkers are aiming to boost their outreach endeavors to include businesses. At a time when families are struggling to make ends meet, LaCHIP Affordable Plan provides greater access to health care. The program began accepting applications April 15, with new enrollees receiving access to services beginning in June. An additional 6,500 children are expected to be covered by this expansion. For more information, go to www.lachip.org. |
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Teaming up to unite kids through basketball |
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Peace Players International, a global program that uses basketball to unite and educate children, partnered with Kingsley House to host a 3-on-3 basketball tournament for local boys and girls in early June. Following the tournament, Peace Players will continue to hold clinics twice a week in the Kingsley House gymnasium for youth from the surrounding community.
Peace Players International was initially launched in South Africa by Washington D.C. natives Brendan and Sean Tuohey. Their goal of bringing together youth in troubled areas has garnered success and has expanded globally to places including Northern Ireland, the Middle East and Cyprus. PPI was launched in New Orleans in conjunction with the 2008 NBA All Star Game last February.
For more information, visit www.peaceplayersintl.org |
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New Board Members and Officers |
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We are pleased to announce the election of Rev. Henry Hudson, Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, and Lori Ochsner, former award-winning reporter for WVUE, to the Kingsley House Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors also announce its newly elected officers, as follows:
President: Margaret L. "Margi" Sunkel
First Vice President: Margaret M. Richard
Treasurer: Melanie M. Bronfin
Vice President: Sheila Burns
Secretary: Charles L. Rice, Jr.
Immediate Past Pres: Sheldon F. "Skip" Brechtel |
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Summer Camp kicks off |
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The historic Kingsley House Summer Camp began on June 16. This year, 162 boys and girls between the ages of 5 to 12 will participate in academic enrichment and recreational activities, creative arts, and field trips to exciting locations throughout the area.
To view more photos from the first week of Summer Camp, click here |
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Kingsley House, Inc.
1600 Constance Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130-4641 |
504.523.6221 telephone
504.523.4450 fax
www.kingsleyhouse.org
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About Kingsley House |
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Kingsley House, nationally accredited and renowned as the oldest Settlement House in the South, has served more than half a million people since it was founded in 1896. Today, we serve over 8,000 people per year in a wide variety of capacity building programs. We continue to devote all of our energies and resources to our mission to “educate children, strengthen families, and build community” as we work towards the successful recovery and rebuilding of our city, state and region.
Kingsley House is a United Way Partner Agency
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