The Trauma and Grief (TAG) Center at Children’s Hospital New Orleans was recently awarded a $100,000 grief reach grant from the New York Life Foundation to support culturally appropriate trauma and grief-informed care to youth within the TAG Center and the Juvenile Justice Intervention Center (JJIC). This partnership will allow the TAG Center to provide a new way to support at-risk youth in the JJIC, with a particular focus on grief within the context of violent death.

At a news conference held at Mardi Gras World on Nov.10, details were unveiled for the first-of-its-kind Children’s Hospital New Orleans Holiday Parade which will take place in downtown New Orleans on Dec. 3 starting at 11 a.m.

Kicking off the holiday season, the more than 20 float parade will include custom-designed holiday themed floats that include animatronic props, intelligent lighting systems, special effects, and audio systems, along with traditional rider floats.