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Economist: Mental Health Center would save EBR millions

Published on: Tue May 19 | 15:51:00

If residents with mental illness and substance abuse problems were treated instead of jailed, East Baton Rouge government would directly save millions of tax dollars and accumulate secondary benefits, an economic analysis commissioned by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation concludes. Basing his research on an effective model in San Antonio, economist M. Ray Perryman calculates […]

EBR Survey: Crime worries down, medical marijuana OK

EBR Survey: Crime worries down, medical marijuana OK

Published on: Tue Jul 28 | 21:00:00

East Baton Rouge Parish residents are less worried about crime than they were a year ago. They would ride a train to New Orleans and its airport. More of them believe global warming is real and want the government to control emissions. They support legalizing marijuana sales for medical purposes, but not for personal use. […]

Consultant Hired to Write Plan for EBR Mental Health Treatment Center

Consultant Hired to Write Plan for EBR Mental Health Treatment Center

Published on: Mon Aug 24 | 21:05:00

The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has hired consultants to write a business and implementation plan for a behavioral health crisis center in East Baton Rouge Parish. By December, Health Management Associates will deliver a report that recommends services, governance and funding for the treatment center. The work is being underwritten by David’s Fund, which was […]

Consultants offer plan for mental health treatment center

Consultants offer plan for mental health treatment center

Published on: Mon Feb 22 | 19:00:00

In a report issued today, a health consulting firm engaged by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation offers a plan to create a treatment center for East Baton Rouge residents suffering from mental illness and substance abuse problems. Health Management Associates recommends a new nonprofit be formed to establish and run the center, tailoring treatment to […]

First Marcia Kaplan Kantrow Award Winner Named

First Marcia Kaplan Kantrow Award Winner Named

Published on: Thu Mar 17 | 18:39:32

Friends and family of Marcia Kaplan Kantrow chose the leader of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation as the first winner of the Marcia Kaplan Kantrow Baton Rouge Visionary Award. John G. Davies, Foundation CEO and president, accepted the award from the Kantrow family at the Foundation’s annual meeting of members Wednesday evening. Miriam Kantrow del […]

BRAF Assets Rise; Board Members Elected

BRAF Assets Rise; Board Members Elected

Published on: Thu Mar 17 | 18:43:00

The Baton Rouge Area Foundation announced that three nonprofit leaders have won the 2016 John W. Barton Sr. Excellence in Nonprofit Management Award. At its annual meeting of members Wednesday evening, the Foundation also elected new directors and reported on its finances. On the strength of its real estate portfolio, the Foundation’s assets climbed to […]

Foundation Recruits Leader for Crisis Center Efforts

Foundation Recruits Leader for Crisis Center Efforts

Published on: Wed Aug 3 | 20:35:00

The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has recruited Rob Reardon to organize and establish a crisis intervention center in partnership with leaders of East Baton Rouge Parish. Reardon is the first executive director of The Bridge Center, a nonprofit created by the Foundation to take better care of people with mental illness and substance abuse problems. […]

Capital One donates $250,000 to Flood Relief Fund

Capital One donates $250,000 to Flood Relief Fund

Published on: Thu Aug 25 | 21:18:23

Capital One today donated $250,000 to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s Flood Relief Fund, one of the largest donations to the fund since it was started earlier this year. The bank, which offers a broad array of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients and has branches across Louisiana and other […]

Foundation Grants $1.6 Million in First Round of Flood Relief

Foundation Grants $1.6 Million in First Round of Flood Relief

Published on: Tue Aug 30 | 21:02:56

The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has distributed more than $1.6 million to local nonprofits that have been assisting thousands of people pushed out of their homes by historic flooding. The Foundation was able to make the grants because contributions of more than $2.5 million have poured in from private donors around the country to the […]

Entergy grants $300,000 to BRAF Flood Relief Fund

Entergy grants $300,000 to BRAF Flood Relief Fund

Published on: Tue Sep 20 | 15:13:27

Entergy Corporation has contributed $300,000 to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s Louisiana Flood Relief Fund, which will be granted by the Foundation to local nonprofits that are responding to the biggest rainstorm in modern Louisiana history. “We are grateful for Entergy’s gift to South Louisiana,” said John G. Davies, CEO and president of the Baton […]

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