Poverty Dispatch - July 9, 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:

• Editorial: Privatization of Social Services - Indiana
• Welfare Reform and Work Requirements - Pennsylvania
• Editorial: Welfare and Self-sufficiency through Education
• Editorial: Spending of Welfare Funds - Hawaii
• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Prenatal Care for Undocumented Immigrants
• Hunger and Food Assistance - Michigan, Iowa
• Heat Waves and the Homeless - Phoenix, AZ
• Rooming Houses - Waukesha, WI
• Payday Lending - Oregon
• Rates of Elderly Widows Living in Poverty
• Mother-Child Prisons and Female Prison Overcrowding - California
• School Integration by Socioeconomic Status
• Grant Program for Low-income College Students - Tennessee

Today's Articles:

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Editorial: Privatization of Social Services - Indiana

No shortcuts to privatization of the FSSA. (INDIANA) Read Article
Editorial, South Bend Tribune. July 8, 2007.
 

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Welfare Reform and Work Requirements - Pennsylvania

House tackles welfare fraud. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
Associated Press, Philadelphia Inquirer. July 6, 2007.
 

From welfare rolls to roles in workforce. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Helen Colwell Adams, Lancaster Sunday News. July 8, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Welfare and Self-sufficiency through Education

Fight poverty with college. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Boston Globe. July 8, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Spending of Welfare Funds - Hawaii

State properly spends federal welfare funds on school programs. (HAWAII) Read Article
Editorial, Honolulu Star Bulletin. July 9, 2007.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

A battle over expansion of children’s insurance. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. July 9, 2007.
 

It’s not policy; it’s payment. (Opinion) Read Article
By Gerard Shields, Baton Rouge Advocate. July 9, 2007.
 

Tobacco taxes may go to child health. Read Article
By Kevin Freking (Associated Press), Washington Post. July 7, 2007.
 

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Prenatal Care for Undocumented Immigrants

Difficult delivery for the undocumented. Read Article
By Stacey Burling, Philadelphia Inquirer. July 8, 2007.
 

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Hunger and Food Assistance - Michigan, Iowa

No vacation for hunger. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Sharon Emery, Booth Newspapers. July 8, 2007.
 

Stamping out hunger. (IOWA) Read Article
By Emily Christensen, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. July 8, 2007.
 

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Heat Waves and the Homeless - Phoenix, AZ

Sun-scorched Phoenix takes more heart for its homeless. (PHOENIX) Read Article
By Faye Bowers, Christian Science Monitor. July 9, 2007.
 

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Rooming Houses - Waukesha, WI

Is there room for rooming houses? (WAUKESHA, WI) Read Article
By Conning Chu, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 7, 2007.
 

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Payday Lending - Oregon

Payday lenders lose interest in Oregon over rate caps. (OREGON) Read Article
By Bill Graves, The Oregonian. July 9, 2007.
 

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Rates of Elderly Widows Living in Poverty

For richer or poorer? For widows, the latter's likely. Read Article
By Pamela Yip, Dallas Morning News. July 9, 2007.
 

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Mother-Child Prisons and Female Prison Overcrowding - California

California investigates a mother-and-child prison center. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Solomon Moore, New York Times. July 6, 2007.
 

Female inmates: Jammed behind bars? (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By E.J. Schultz, Sacramento Bee. July 9, 2007.
 

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School Integration by Socioeconomic Status

Taking a new course in class. Read Article
By Jackie Mantey, US News and World Report. July 8, 2007.
 

Race-based busing now iffy. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Tom Marshall, St. Petersburg Times. July 9, 2007.
 

District wary of neighborhood-based plan. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Chris Kenning, Louisville Courier-Journal. July 8, 2007.
 

Is school diversity dead? (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Greensboro News-Record. July 8, 2007.
 

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Grant Program for Low-income College Students - Tennessee

Boost in financial aid sends state's poor to college. (TENNESSEE) Read Article
By Angie Herrington, Chattanooga Times Free Press. July 8, 2007.
 

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