Patty Riddlebarger – Entergy We power life. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:45:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 /wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-FavIcon-32x32.png Patty Riddlebarger – Entergy 32 32 Letters: Path out of poverty runs through early childhood education (The Advocate) /blog/letters-path-out-poverty-runs-through-early-childhood-education-advocate Fri, 06 May 2022 21:08:00 +0000 /letters-path-out-poverty-runs-through-early-childhood-education-advocate Over half (57%) of Louisiana children lived in financial hardship pre-pandemic — the HIGHEST rate in the nation — according to a new report from Louisiana United Ways, United For ALICE and Entergy Corp. “ALICE in Focus: Children” shows we must be relentless in investing in children and families so every child has the resources they need to succeed. While 26% of Louisiana children lived below…

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]]> A snapshot of Entergy’s advocacy for early care and education (The New Orleans 100) /blog/snapshot-entergy-s-advocacy-for-early-care-education-new-orleans-100 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /snapshot-entergy-s-advocacy-for-early-care-education-new-orleans-100 Since 2000, Entergy has been engaged in advocating for increased funding and support for early care and education — recognizing the sector as essential infrastructure and economic engine to fuel the future of communities we serve. Working with coalition partners, we have helped generate over $477 million in funding across Louisiana and neighboring states, providing over 100,000…

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]]> A snapshot of Entergy’s advocacy for early care and education (The New Orleans 100) /blog/snapshot-entergys-advocacy-for-early-care-education-new-orleans-100 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /snapshot-entergys-advocacy-for-early-care-education-new-orleans-100 Since 2000, Entergy has been engaged in advocating for increased funding and support for early care and education — recognizing the sector as essential infrastructure and economic engine to fuel the future of communities we serve. Working with coalition partners, we have helped generate over $477 million in funding across Louisiana and neighboring states, providing over 100,000…

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]]> Entergy Supports Latest Louisiana Association of United Ways ALICE Report /blog/entergy-supports-latest-louisiana-association-united-ways-alice-report Thu, 06 Aug 2020 23:05:00 +0000 /entergy-supports-latest-louisiana-association-united-ways-alice-report Do you know a family struggling to make ends meet – despite one or both parents working? Then you know ALICE, which stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. ALICE individuals are first responders, child care workers, grocery store employees, restaurant employees, delivery drivers, warehouse workers, truck drivers, sanitation workers and others who keep our communities safe and…

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]]> Affordable Day Care is a Vital Business, Family Issue /blog/affordable-day-care-vital-business-family-issue Mon, 17 Feb 2020 20:26:00 +0000 /affordable-day-care-vital-business-family-issue An investment in our children is an investment in our economy. Louisiana needs immediate and robust investments in quality early child care and education. The reasons why are lengthy — from preparing our children to be successful in school and in life, to simply being the right thing to do. But it is one of the lesser-discussed and not immediately obvious reasons that affects us all: our economy.

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]]> Points of Light Conference Sparks Opportunity Employment Initiative /blog/points-light-conference-sparks-opportunity-employment-initiative Thu, 14 Mar 2019 20:03:00 +0000 /points-light-conference-sparks-opportunity-employment-initiative When recent high school graduates Nichelle Johnson and Tranetta Luque began their jobs as customer care center clerks at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, they were excited. They knew they landed well-paying jobs with full benefits, a retirement savings plan and excellent long-term career opportunities at the only Fortune 500 company headquartered in their hometown of New Orleans. What they did not know is…

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]]> Entergy launches five-year, $5 million workforce development initiative to help build highly trained workforce required by complex technologies /blog/entergy-launches-five-year-5-million-workforce-development-initiative-to-help-build-highly-trained-workforce-required-by-complex-technologies Thu, 05 Jan 2017 21:36:49 +0000 /?p=18690 The replacement of humans by robots in the workforce and society has been a recurring theme in literature since Karel Capek first coined the term robot in 1920. However, despite the prognostications of Capek and generations of sci-fi writers who followed, rumors of human obsolescence are greatly exaggerated, as underscored by the results of Area Development magazine’s annual corporate survey.

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