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Children’s Coalition for Northeast Louisiana Presents $7,000 to The NELA Children’s Museum
The Children’s Coalition for Northeast Louisiana is proud to present a $7,000 check to The Northeast Louisiana Children’s Museum as part of its ongoing investment in early childhood education through School Readiness Tax Credit funds. The presentation will take place on Thursday, October 30 at 10:00 a.m. at The Children’s Museum, 323 Walnut St., Monroe, LA 71201. Community members are invited to attend, and media coverage is highly encouraged. These funds will expand access to the Museum’s educational
ULM Public Defender Training Academy provides essential resources for Louisiana public defenders
The University of Louisiana Monroe Public Defender Training Academy (ULM-PDTA) has been conducting statewide in-person and online workshops for public defenders for the past four years. These workshops are coordinated with the Louisiana Public Defender Board (LPDB) required by bipartisan legislation passed in 2020. These training sessions are led by national experts and afford public defenders, social workers, and investigators access to specific professional workshops on groundbreaking programs,
