Poverty Dispatch - June 11, 2007

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:

• Hunger and the Food Stamp Program - Montana
• Medicaid and Birth Costs - Arizona
• Editorial: Medicaid ID Requirement - Virginia
• States and Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage
• Federal Minimum Wage - North Carolina, Virginia
• Reforming Foster Care Programs - Mississippi, Texas
• Opinion: Paid Family Leave - New Jersey
• Prisoner Re-entry Programs - California
• Affordable Housing and Assistance Programs
• Lending Practices and the Working Poor
• Working Poor and Self-sufficiency through College Education - Missouri
• Editorial: Low-income Students and Access to College
• Report: Trends in Family Incomes
• Income Inequality

Today's Articles:

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Hunger and the Food Stamp Program - Montana

Stamping out hunger. (MONTANA) Read Article
By Charles S. Johnson, Helena Independent Record. June 10, 2007.
 

Families grateful for food stamp help. (MONTANA) Read Article
By Charles S. Johnson, Billings Gazette. June 10, 2007.
 

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Medicaid and Birth Costs - Arizona

Our taxes now pay for most AZ births. (ARIZONA) Read Article
By Jane Erikson, Arizona Daily Star. June 10, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Medicaid ID Requirement - Virginia

Medicaid eligibility. (VIRGINIA) Read Article
Editorial, Daily Press. June 11, 2007.
 

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States and Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage

Mandatory coverage is easier said than done. Read Article
By Reed Abelson, New York Times. June 11, 2007.
 

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Federal Minimum Wage - North Carolina, Virginia

Minimum wage hike might boost prices. (NORTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Melissa Willett, Fayetteville Observer. June 10, 2007.
 

Will minimum-wage increase affect you? (VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Jeffrey Kelley, Richmond Times-Dispatch. June 10, 2007.
 

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Reforming Foster Care Programs - Mississippi, Texas

Partnership helps foster children. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Rachel Leifer Norman, Hattiesburg American. June 11, 2007.
 

Foster care bill could ease strains. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Corrie MacLaggan, Austin American-Statesman. June 11, 2007.
 

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Opinion: Paid Family Leave - New Jersey

Tangible family values. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
Opinion, New York Times. June 10, 2007.
 

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Prisoner Re-entry Programs - California

Prison rehab gets new life. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Andy Furillo, Sacramento Bee. June 10, 2007.
 

Former con now part of the solution. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Andy Furillo, Sacramento Bee. June 10, 2007.
 

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Affordable Housing and Assistance Programs

Needy face long wait for housing help. (WEST VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Bryan Chambers, Herald-Dispatch. June 10, 2007.
 

Affordable housing crunch marginalizes many. (DELAWARE) Read Article
By Rachel Jackson, Wilmington News Journal. June 11, 2007.
 

High standards at low costs. Read Article
By David Dillon, Dallas Morning News. June 10, 2007.
 

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Lending Practices and the Working Poor

The working poor as prey. (Commentary) Read Article
By Froma Harrop, Philadelphia Inquirer. June 11, 2007.
 

Legislators seek to limit payday loans. (OHIO) Read Article
By Dennis J. Willard, Akron Beacon Journal. June 11, 2007.
 

Legislature bans loans with triple digit rates. (OREGON) Read Article
By Bill Graves, The Oregonian. June 7, 2007.
 

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Working Poor and Self-sufficiency through College Education - Missouri

College makes its mission accessibility. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Steve Koehler, Springfield News-Leader. June 11, 2007.
 

Graduating from poverty. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Steve Koehler, Springfield News-Leader. June 10, 2007.
 

Sacrifice is lesson for some students. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Steve Koehler, Springfield News-Leader. June 10, 2007.
 

For many poor families, work trumps education. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Steve Koehler, Springfield News-Leader. June 10, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Low-income Students and Access to College

College for the poor. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Washington Post. June 11, 2007.
 

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Report: Trends in Family Incomes

News on family incomes. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Washington Times. June 10, 2007.
 

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Income Inequality

The inequality conundrum. Read Article
By Roger Lowenstein, New York Times Magazine. June 10, 2007.
 

Income inequality, writ larger. Read Article
By Daniel Gross, New York Times. June 10, 2007.
 

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