Poverty Dispatch - July 19, 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:

• Privatization of Social Services - Indiana, Michigan, Texas
• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Opinions: State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Medicaid Reform - Florida, South Carolina
• Welfare Laws and Recipients' Additional Children - California
• Racial Disparity in Prisons - Iowa, Wisconsin
• Female Veterans and Homelessness
• Editorial: Cities and Affordable Housing Goals - Minnesota
• Editorial: Income Tax Burden on Working Poor - Georgia
• Opinions: Minimum Wage - Georgia
• School Integration by Income
• Poverty as a Political Campaign Issue

Today's Articles:

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Privatization of Social Services - Indiana, Michigan, Texas

Court: Social Services erred. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Niki Kelly, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. July 17, 2007.
 

Feds chide state over privatized welfare. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Ken Kusmer (Associated Press), Indianapolis Star. July 18, 2007.
 

Parents protest foster care bill. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Susan Vela, Lansing State Journal. July 19, 2007.
 

Foster care bill creates a stir. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Barrie Barber, Saginaw News. July 17, 2007.
 

Report: Privatizing good for lobbyists, bad for taxpayers. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Robert T. Garrett, Dallas Morning News. July 19, 2007.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

Bush: No deal on children's health plan. Read Article
By Christopher Lee, Washington Post. July 19, 2007.
 

Battle begins to save health care for low-income kids. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Sharon Emery, Booth Newspapers. July 17, 2007.
 

Wanted: kids who aren't insured. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Francesca Jarosz, Indianapolis Star. July 19, 2007.
 

Panel mulls re-funding states' child health care. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Halimah Abdullah, Lexington Herald-Leader. July 18, 2007.
 

State aims to expand kids' health program. (DELAWARE) Read Article
By Patrick Jackson, Wilmington News Journal. July 17, 2007.
 

Senate to open PeachCare funding debate. (GEORGIA) Read Article
By Bob Kemper, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. July 16, 2007.
 

Groups favor SCHIP vs. private Medicare. (MAINE) Read Article
By Meg Haskell, Bangor Daily News. July 17, 2007.
 

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Opinions: State Children's Health Insurance Program

SCHIP shot. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Baltimore Sun. July 17, 2007.
 

Covering more children. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Washington Post. July 17, 2007.
 

With children's health enrollment, faster is better. (Opinion) Read Article
By John Neff, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. July 16, 2007.
 

Rural children's health insurance in jeopardy. (Opinion) Read Article
By William O'Hare and Cynthia M. Duncan, Boston Globe. July 18, 2007.
 

Coverage for kids: Who could oppose it? (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. July 17, 2007.
 

Bush's unhealthy notions. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Boston Globe. July 19, 2007.
 

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Medicaid Reform - Florida, South Carolina

Florida is test bed for Medicaid overhaul. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org. July 18, 2007.
 

Pilot program for S.C. Medicaid savings accounts approved. (SOUTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Jim Davenport (Associated Press), Charlotte Observer. July 17, 2007.
 

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Welfare Laws and Recipients' Additional Children - California

Man challenges interpretation of welfare law. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Jessica Logan, Bakersfield Californian. July 16, 2007.
 

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Racial Disparity in Prisons - Iowa, Wisconsin

Black-white prisoner ratio highest in U.S. (IOWA) Read Article
By Lee Rood, Des Moines Register. July 18, 2007.
 

Study: Iowa has nation's highest prison racial disparity. (IOWA) Read Article
Associated Press, Sioux City Journal. July 18, 2007.
 

Make prison rates of blacks a top priority. (IOWA) Read Article
Editorial, Des Moines Register. July 19, 2007.
 

Report: State ranks 5th in rate of incarcerating blacks. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Judith Davidoff, Capital Times. July 19, 2007.
 

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Female Veterans and Homelessness

Help lags for homeless female veterans. Read Article
By Bina Venkataraman, Christian Science Monitor. July 18, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Cities and Affordable Housing Goals - Minnesota

Editorial: Metro failing to meet housing goals. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
Editorial, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. July 17, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Income Tax Burden on Working Poor - Georgia

Taxing poverty. (GEORGIA) Read Article
Editorial, Florida Times-Union. July 18, 2007.
 

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Opinions: Minimum Wage - Georgia

State should raise minimum wage so workers can afford basics. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. July 17, 2007.
 

Minimum wage hike to hurt more than help. (Opinion) Read Article
By Marc Freedman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. July 17, 2007.
 

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School Integration by Income

School diversity based on income segregates some. Read Article
By Jonathan D. Glater and Alan Finder, New York Times. July 15, 2007.
 

Class, not race, is our schools’ great divide. (Opinion) Read Article
By Mary Sanchez, Kansas City Star. July 16, 2007.
 

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Poverty as a Political Campaign Issue

Edwards embarks on tour in South to focus on poverty. Read Article
By Leslie Wayne, New York Times. July 16, 2007.
 

Edwards stops in Ohio on poverty tour, Obama stops for fundraiser. Read Article
By Thomas J. Sheeran (Associated Press), Dayton Daily News. July 18, 2007.
 

Obama, Edwards shift focus to US poverty. Read Article
By Nedra Pickler (Associated Press), Washington Post. July 18, 2007.
 

Obama says he, too, is a poverty fighter. Read Article
By Alec MacGillis, Washington Post. July 19, 2007.
 

Edwards ends poverty tour by broadening his theme. Read Article
By Susan Saulny, New York Times. July 19, 2007.
 

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