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The Best and the Worst of the Week
 Harrah's
New Orleans Casino
recently distributed more than $200,000 to 15 local nonprofits
through its COPE (Community Opportunity Prosperity Empowerment) grant program.
The grants, between $10,000 and $20,000 each, went to such organizations as the
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, WRBH Radio for the Blind and Print Handicapped,
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, and the New Orleans Musical
Legends Foundation Inc.
The state Department of Health and Hospitals,
particularly its Medicaid office,
has made strides in reducing the number of uninsured children in Louisiana, according
to a recent study by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. The
report showed Louisiana as the state with the greatest improvement, with a 6
percent reduction rate. The state's percentage of uninsured children dropped
from 20.4 percent to 14.4 percent between 1999 and 2001, the report says.
The New Orleans Saints
last week presented 500 tickets for the 41st Annual National
Association of Basketball Coaches All-Star game to youths involved in the New
Orleans Police Department's "C.O.P.S. for Kids" program. The giveaway was part
of the Saints' overall donation of 5,000 tickets to local school systems and
youth organizations. "C.O.P.S. for Kids" helps at-risk youths maintain healthy
lifestyles.
New Orleans Public Schools,
whose technological capacities leave much to
be desired, should have been a shoo-in for the federal e-Rate grant program
that assists schools in building
their information technology. But because school administrators failed to follow
correct protocols in the bidding procedure that's part of the application process,
New Orleans schools were rejected for the third year in a row, according to the
agency that reviews the grants.
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