In 1989, the Brylski Company served as chief strategist to a small group of women advocates dedicated to fighting for women's rights in Louisiana and gaining a gubernatorial veto for the most regressive anti-abortion legislation proposed by a state legislature in the nation. To everyone's surprise, they won. As a result, the Brylski Company helped the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus pursue more progressive legislation in areas impacting women and families. As women representation in the Legislature increased by Year 2000, the Caucus under its President Representative Diane Winston conducted the first statewide series of women's needs assessments and conferences in the hopes of establishing a comprehensive business development strategy. The surprising outcome was an overwhelming cry by women for more accessible healthcare services for their families instead of a business development model. A 42-point legislative package was developed and passed by 2002. The Governor's Office of Women's Services was established in this time period, as well as a Children's Cabinet under the Lieutenant Governor's Office (now a permanent part of the Louisiana Governor's Office). The Brylski Company also established a network around the state for healthcare providers and women's organizations to address healthcare issues, the top concern being accessible and affordable healthcare. This network, the Women's Health Access Network, the Louisiana Women's Network and the Louisiana Women's Lobby Network, was instrumental in promoting support for the Louisiana Children's Health Insurance Program (LACHIP), the Louisiana Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) and eventually the creation of the Louisiana Senior Rx and Aging and Disability Resource Center programs. Concurrent with these efforts, the Brylski Company promoted the extension of affordable, independent housing for seniors and families in Louisiana through a variety of funding and education programs under the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency. The Brylski Company's networks were critical in helping Louisiana become one of the top three enrollees of seniors in the Medicare Part D program, as well as creating the Elderly Protective Services Program, the Louisiana Ombudsman Program, and LouisianaAnswers.com, through the Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs. Following the 2005 Hurricanes and subsequent levee failures in Louisiana, these networks maintained independently by Brylski Company email-list-serves would be critical to reestablishing communications among healthcare and service providers in Louisiana.
