Poverty Dispatch - July 16, 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:

• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Children's Health Insurance Program Coverage - Missouri
• Massachusetts Health Insurance Plan and Hospital Free Care
• Health Care Reform - Maine
• Affordable Housing and the Section 8 Voucher Program
• Welfare Reform - Wisconsin, Arkansas
• Food Assistance Program Error Rate - Maine
• Rising Food Prices and Low-income Families - Arkansas
• Job Training Program - Pittsburgh, PA and Cleveland, OH
• Editorial: Foster Care Reform - Maryland
• Prison Overcrowding and Recidivism - California, South Dakota
• No Child Left Behind Reauthorization
• Increasing College Costs and Completion of Degrees - Michigan, California
• Poverty as a Political Campaign Issue

Today's Articles:

Note: All links are external; some links may require a free registration at the host site (e.g., New York Times, Chicago Tribune).
Article links will open in new browser window.

State Children's Health Insurance Program

Key senators agree on kids' health plan. Read Article
By Kevin Freking (Associated Press), Washington Post. July 13, 2007.
 

Bush is prepared to veto bill to expand child insurance. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. July 15, 2007.
 

Congress, Bush clash over children's health insurance. Read Article
By Christopher Lee, Washington Post. July 15, 2007.
 

Seeking middle ground. (COLORADO) Read Article
Editorial, Rocky Mountain News. July 15, 2007.
 

Return to top of page
 

Children's Health Insurance Program Coverage - Missouri

Judge faults Missouri’s cutoffs of children’s health care. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Kit Wagar, Kansas City Star. July 12, 2007.
 

Return to top of page
 

Massachusetts Health Insurance Plan and Hospital Free Care

Free care may come at a cost to poor. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Alice Dembner, Boston Globe. July 13, 2007.
 

Return to top of page
 

Health Care Reform - Maine

Continuing dispute puts health insurance plan at risk. (MAINE) Read Article
By Josie Huang, Portland Press Herald. July 16, 2007.
 

Return to top of page
 

Affordable Housing and the Section 8 Voucher Program

Nation's poor spend most of earnings on rent. Read Article
By Tony Pugh (McClatchy Newspapers), Centre Daily Times. July 15, 2007.
 

Section 8 woes fill rolls for rent help. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Mike Wereschagin, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. July 16, 2007.
 

Pa. officials concerned about migration from N.J. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Charisse Jones, USA Today. July 15, 2007.
 

House passes low-income housing bill. Read Article
By Jim Abrams (Associated Press), Contra Costa Times. July 12, 2007.
 

Increase number of federal housing vouchers. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
Editorial, Kalamazoo Gazette July 16, 2007.
 

Affordable housing – a rehab plan. (Commentary) Read Article
Commentary, Christian Science Monitor. July 13, 2007.
 

Return to top of page
 

Welfare Reform - Wisconsin, Arkansas

State won't appeal W-2 court ruling. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Kristin Czubkowski, The Capital Times. July 15, 2007.
 

Sponsors of 1997 reform measures judge results. (ARKANSAS) Read Article
By John Lyon, Arkansas News Bureau. July 15, 2007.
 

Return to top of page
 

Food Assistance Program Error Rate - Maine

Assistance program demand puts pressure on workers. (MAINE) Read Article
By Susan M. Cover, Kennebec Journal. July 15, 2007.
 

Return to top of page
 

Rising Food Prices and Low-income Families - Arkansas

Food prices shoot up in 1st 5 months of ’07. (ARKANSAS) Read Article
By Ben Leubsdorf, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. July 13, 2007.
 

Return to top of page
 

Job Training Program - Pittsburgh, PA and Cleveland, OH

Manchester Bidwell's training center in Pittsburgh could be model for Cleveland. Read Article
By Barb Galbincea, Cleveland Plain Dealer. July 15, 2007.
 

Return to top of page
 

Editorial: Foster Care Reform - Maryland

Family ties. (MARYLAND) Read Article
Editorial, Baltimore Sun. July 16, 2007.
 

Return to top of page
 

Prison Overcrowding and Recidivism - California, South Dakota

Fewer California parole violators being sent back to jail. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Edwin Garcia, San Jose Mercury News. July 13, 2007.
 

Demand puts strain on halfway houses. (SOUTH DAKOTA) Read Article
By Matthew Gruchow, Sioux Falls Argus Leader. July 13, 2007.
 

Return to top of page
 

No Child Left Behind Reauthorization

No Child law's authors work on a revision. Read Article
By Susan Milligan, Boston Globe. July 16, 2007.
 

Return to top of page
 

Increasing College Costs and Completion of Degrees - Michigan, California

New round of tuition hikes are indefensible. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
Editorial, Detroit News. July 13, 2007.
 

Calif. community colleges get students in school, not always out. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Justin Pope (Associated Press), Fresno Bee. July 15, 2007.
 

Return to top of page
 

Poverty as a Political Campaign Issue

John Edwards road-tests poverty theme. Read Article
By Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times. July 13, 2007.
 

Edwards on Southern tour to show a rich man can care about poor. Read Article
By Nedra Pickler (Associated Press), Florida Times-Union. July 13, 2007.
 

Return to top of page
 

Note: All links are external; some links may require a free registration at the host site (e.g., New York Times, Chicago Tribune).