Poverty Dispatch - July 12, 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:

• Report: States' Work Support Spending
• Unspent Welfare Aid - Colorado
• Child Care Assistance - Colorado
• Children's Medicaid Coverage - Texas
• State Children's Health Insurance Programs
• Opinions: Children's Health Insurance Program
• States and Health Care Reform - Pennsylvania
• Racial Health Disparities - Wisconsin
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - Kansas
• Returning Home After Hurricane Katrina
• State Income Tax Burden - Georgia
• Opinion: Refundable Earned Income Tax Credit
• Bus Strike and Effect on the Working Poor - Orange County, CA
• The Working Poor and Access to Higher Education

Today's Articles:

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Report: States' Work Support Spending

Study: State rated low in work-support funds. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Perry Swanson, Colorado Springs Gazette. July 11, 2007.
 

Maine leads states in aid to working poor: study. Read Article
By Joan Gralla (Reuters), ABC News. July 10, 2007.
 

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Unspent Welfare Aid - Colorado

Doubts rise with welfare reserves. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Christopher N. Osher, Denver Post. July 11, 2007.
 

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Child Care Assistance - Colorado

Child-care maze cheats recipients. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Diane Carman, Denver Post. July 12, 2007.
 

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Children's Medicaid Coverage - Texas

Medicaid plan to help kids. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Robert T. Garrett, Dallas Morning News. July 10, 2007.
 

Judge signs off on plan to improve health care access for kids. (TEXAS) Read Article
By April Castro (Associated Press), Austin American-Statesman. July 10, 2007.
 

Judge OKs Medicaid settlement plan. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Peggy Fikac, Houston Chronicle. July 10, 2007.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Programs

S.D. could triple its money for kids' health. (SOUTH DAKOTA) Read Article
By Terry Woster, Argus Leader. July 10, 2007.
 

Lawmakers plan to increase cigarette taxes 61 cents a pack. Read Article
By Richard Wolf, USA Today. July 12, 2007.
 

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Opinions: Children's Health Insurance Program

Are healthy children a danger? (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Boston Globe. July 12, 2007.
 

Partisanship vs. the Children. (Column) Read Article
By Michael Gerson, Washington Post. July 11, 2007.
 

Covering the kids. (Ediorial) Read Article
Editorial, Houston Chronicle. July 11, 2007.
 

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States and Health Care Reform - Pennsylvania

A state finds no easy fixes on health care. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Kevin Sack, New York Times. July 10, 2007.
 

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Racial Health Disparities - Wisconsin

Minorities lagging in length, quality of life. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Belinda Yu, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 11, 2007.
 

State gets D in health disparity. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Anita Weier, Captial Times. July 11, 2007.
 

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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - Kansas

Aid reaches few raising their grandkids. (KANSAS) Read Article
By Roy Wenzl, Wichita Eagle. July 12, 2007.
 

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Returning Home After Hurricane Katrina

Road to new life after Katrina is closed to many. Read Article
By Shaila Dewan, New York Times. July 12, 2007.
 

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State Income Tax Burden - Georgia

Georgia tax rate costly for the poor. (GEORGIA) Read Article
By Brandon Larrabee, Florida Times-Union. July 10, 2007.
 

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Opinion: Refundable Earned Income Tax Credit

Refundable tax credits would be a credit to N.C. (NORTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Rob Schofield, News and Observer. July 12, 2007.
 

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Bus Strike and Effect on the Working Poor - Orange County, CA

Strike means hard road for working poor. (ORANGE COUNTY, CA) Read Article
By Tony Barboza, Ashley Powers and Christian Berthelsen, Los Angeles Times. July 10, 2007.
 

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The Working Poor and Access to Higher Education

The working poor and college access. Read Article
By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed. July 10, 2007.
 

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