Poverty Dispatch - May 12, 2008

IRP compiles and distributes Poverty Dispatches, links to Web-based news items dealing with poverty, welfare reform, and related topics twice a week. Each Dispatch lists links to current news in popular print media. Persons wishing to receive Poverty Dispatches by e-mail should send a request to rsnell@ssc.wisc.edu.

Today's Topics in the News:

• State Programs for Welfare Leavers
• Children on Medicaid and Lead Poisoning - Ohio
• State Children's Health Insurance Program - Indiana
• Massachusetts State Health Insurance Program
• Information Technology and State Health Programs - Minnesota, Illinois
• Food Prices and Increased Need for Assistance
• Trends in Wages for Low-income Workers - Virginia
• Public Housing and Rental Vouchers - Columbus, OH
• High School Dropout Age - Minnesota
• No Child Left Behind and Gifted Students
• Subprime Lending and Home Foreclosures - Ohio
• Payday Lending Law - Illinois
• Voter ID and Proof of Citizenship
• Undocumented Immigrants and Access to Health Care

Today's Articles:

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State Programs for Welfare Leavers

State programs add safety net for the poorest. Read Article
By Rachel L. Swarns, New York Times. May 12, 2008.
 

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Children on Medicaid and Lead Poisoning - Ohio

Many tots at risk don't get required testing. (OHIO) Read Article
By Spencer Hunt, Columbus Dispatch. May 11, 2008.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program - Indiana

Feds OK Indiana plan to insure more kids. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Ken Kusmer (Associated Press), Indianapolis Star. May 10, 2008.
 

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Massachusetts State Health Insurance Program

State agency seeks to cover 30,000 more uninsured. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Jeffrey Krasner, Boston Globe. May 9, 2008.
 

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Information Technology and State Health Programs - Minnesota, Illinois

Software bugs delay signup portal for Minn. health programs. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Martiga Lohn (Associated Press), Minnesota Public Radio. May 9, 2008.
 

Medicaid patient records now online for doctors. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
The Southern. May 9, 2008.
 

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Food Prices and Increased Need for Assistance

Need for food aid grows in state. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Chris Christoff, Detroit Free Press. May 11, 2008.
 

Soaring use of food stamps another sign of lean times. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Alfred Lubrano, Philadelphia Inquirer. May 9, 2008.
 

Rising food costs take toll on charities, needy. (ALABAMA) Read Article
By Lydia Seabol Avant, Tuscaloosa News. May 11, 2008.
 

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Trends in Wages for Low-income Workers - Virginia

Low-wage workers' incomes said to lag. (VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Greg Edwards, Richmond Times-Dispatch. May 11, 2008.
 

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Public Housing and Rental Vouchers - Columbus, OH

Public housing might be halved. (COLUMBUS, OH) Read Article
By Rita Price, Columbus Dispatch. May 12, 2008.
 

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High School Dropout Age - Minnesota

Legislators OK higher dropout age, minimum-wage hike. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Patricia Lopez, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. May 9, 2008.
 

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No Child Left Behind and Gifted Students

Are gifted students getting left out? Read Article
By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times. May 12, 2008.
 

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Subprime Lending and Home Foreclosures - Ohio

The subprime house of cards. (OHIO) Read Article
By Mark Gillispie, Cleveland Plain Dealer. May 11, 2008.
 

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Payday Lending Law - Illinois

Payday loan law loophole swallows borrowers whole. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Stephen Franklin, Chicago Tribune. May 12, 2008.
 

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Voter ID and Proof of Citizenship

Voter ID battle shifts to proof of citizenship. Read Article
By Ian Urbina, New York Times. May 12, 2008.
 

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Undocumented Immigrants and Access to Health Care

Illegal farm workers get health care in shadows. Read Article
By Kevin Sack, New York Times. May 10, 2008.
 

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