Poverty Dispatch - June 28, 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:

• States and Welfare Work Requirements
• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• States and Medicaid Cuts
• Medicaid and Working People with Disabilities - Kansas
• Number of Uninsured in the U.S.
• Single Parent Families and Affordable Housing - Kentucky
• Homelessness - Washington D.C.
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
• Race and Poverty - Pittsburgh, PA
• Report: Working Poor in Utah
• Opinion: Michigan Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative
• Minimum Wage - Kentucky, Nevada
• Earned Income Tax Credit - Louisiana
• Paid Family Leave - Oregon
• Editorial: Civil Legal Services for the Poor - New York
• Editorial: Early Childhood Education - Indiana

Today's Articles:

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States and Welfare Work Requirements

States using their own cash for welfare. Read Article
By Martiga Lohn (Associated Press), Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. June 27, 2007.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

Bush plan for CHIP draws state criticism. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By David Wenner, Harrisburg Patriot-News. June 26, 2007.
 

Bush offers compromise on insurance plan. Read Article
By Kevin Freking (Associated Press), Washington Post. June 27, 2007.
 

Bush criticizes children's health plan. Read Article
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Los Angeles Times. June 28, 2007.
 

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States and Medicaid Cuts

States are taking steps to offset Medicaid cuts. Read Article
By Amy Merrick, Wall Street Journal. June 28, 2007.
 

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Medicaid and Working People with Disabilities - Kansas

New program to help Kansans with disabilities join work force. (KANSAS) Read Article
By Scott Rothschild, Lawrence Journal-World. June 28, 2007.
 

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Number of Uninsured in the U.S.

CDC: About 2M more Americans uninsured. Read Article
By Mike Stobbe (Associated Press). June 26, 2007.
 

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Single Parent Families and Affordable Housing - Kentucky

Single moms often live in poverty. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Marcus Green, Louisville Courier-Journal. June 26, 2007.
 

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Homelessness - Washington D.C.

Programs put a 6.5 percent dent in D.C. homelessness, report says. Read Article
By Omar Fekeiki, Washington Post. June 28, 2007.
 

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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

When parents hand kids to their parents. (Opinion) Read Article
The Economist, Seattle Post Intelligencer. June 25, 2007.
 

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Race and Poverty - Pittsburgh, PA

Poverty worst here for black residents. (PITTSBURGH, PA) Read Article
By Ervin Dyer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 27, 2007.
 

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Report: Working Poor in Utah

Working poor: Poverty in Utah inches up, despite low unemployment. (UTAH) Read Article
By Ana Breton, Salt Lake Tribune. June 28, 2007.
 

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Opinion: Michigan Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative

Tough times shut out parolees; jobs would pay off for state. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Jeff Gerritt, Detroit Free Press. June 26, 2007.
 

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Minimum Wage - Kentucky, Nevada

Minimum-wage hike offers hope for hourly workers. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Alex Davis, Louisville Courier-Journal. June 26, 2007.
 

State and federal minimum wage rates overlap, confuse. (NEVADA) Read Article
By Dave Frank, Nevada Appeal. June 27, 2007.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit - Louisiana

Legislature OKs tax break for low-income residents. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By John Hill, Shreveport Times. June 27, 2007.
 

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Paid Family Leave - Oregon

Paid family leave effort stumbles in Senate. (OREGON) Read Article
By Peter Wong, Salem Statesman Journal. June 28, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Civil Legal Services for the Poor - New York

Closing the justice gap. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, New York Times. June 26, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Early Childhood Education - Indiana

Improve early education before it's too late. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Indianapolis Star. June 25, 2007.
 

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