This social worker wants to help kids with special needs. Louisiana won't let her.

Bureaucrats in the Way

Louisiana blocks social worker's business, exposing bureaucratic hurdles and limiting care for special needs kids.

Bureaucrats in the Way of Business

Is your business “needed”? Bizarrely, in many states, if you want to start a business, you first must convince bureaucrats that your business is “needed.” Four years ago, Louisiana blocked social worker Ursula Newell-Davis from helping kids with special needs. Bureaucrats said she hadn’t proved her business was needed. “Why does the state of Louisiana...

Is Your Business 'Needed'? Markets Decide, not Bureaucrats.

Is your business “needed”? Bizarrely, in many states, if you want to start a business, you first must convince bureaucrats that your business is “needed.” Four years ago, Louisiana blocked social worker Ursula Newell-Davis from helping kids with special needs. Bureaucrats said she hadn’t proved her business was needed. “Why does the state of Louisiana have the right to stop me from doing what I love?” she asks in this update video. Good question…

Update: Louisiana Bureaucrats Block Social Worker, So She Hired the Kids Herself

Update: Louisiana Bureaucrats Block Social Worker, So She Hired the Kids Herself Is your business “needed”? Bizarrely, in many states, if you want to start a business, you first must convince bureaucrats that your business is “needed.” Four years ago, Louisiana blocked social worker Ursula Newell-Davis from helping kids with special needs. Bureaucrats said she hadn’t proved her business was needed. “Why does the state of Louisiana have the righ…

This social worker wants to help kids with special needs. Louisiana won't let her.

The state requires that people prove certain businesses are needed. How to do that is another question entirely.