Poverty Dispatch - July 23, 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
• Privatization of Social Services - Indiana
• Welfare-to-Work Program - Washington
• Medicaid Coverage and Access to Care
• Nonprofit Hospitals and Free Medical Care
• Medicaid Computer System - Wisconsin
• Child Care Assistance - Rhode Island, Kentucky, Texas
• Homeless Families
• Federal Minimum Wage Increase
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
• Payday Lending Regulation - Ohio
• High School Dropouts and Loss of Driving Privileges - Illinois
• Column: State Budget and Spending on Social Services - California
• Poverty as a Political Campaign Issue

Today's Articles:

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

Senate panel adds billions for health. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. July 20, 2007.
 

Senate panel backs youth health plan. Read Article
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Los Angeles Times. July 20, 2007.
 

Bush could face first veto override. Read Article
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Los Angeles Times. July 22, 2007.
 

Health care, energy top governors' meeting. Read Article
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org. July 23, 2007.
 

Governors urge action on child health care. Read Article
By Matthew Benson, Arizona Rebublic. July 23, 2007.
 

Governors call on Congress to widen insurance for poor. Read Article
By David Broder, Washington Post. July 23, 2007.
 

Vetoing children’s health. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, New York Times. July 22, 2007.
 

Expanding health coverage. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Cincinnati Post. July 21, 2007.
 

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Privatization of Social Services - Indiana

State welfare revamp at risk. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Maureen Groppe, Indianapolis Star. July 20, 2007.
 

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Welfare-to-Work Program - Washington

Statistics don't tell story of struggling families. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By Julie Muhlstein, Everett Herald. July 20, 2007.
 

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Medicaid Coverage and Access to Care

Note to Medicaid patients: The doctor won't see you. Read Article
By Vanessa Fuhrmans, Wall Street Journal. July 19, 2007.
 

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Nonprofit Hospitals and Free Medical Care

Lawmakers question if nonprofit hospitals help the poor enough. Read Article
By Theo Francis, Wall Street Journal. July 20, 2007.
 

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Medicaid Computer System - Wisconsin

Computer cost rises 28.8%. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 19, 2007.
 

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Child Care Assistance - Rhode Island, Kentucky, Texas

Advocates denounce childcare cutbacks. (RHODE ISLAND) Read Article
By Lisa Vernon-Sparks, Providence Journal. July 21, 2007.
 

Meeting the need. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
Editorial, Louisville Courier-Journal. July 20, 2007.
 

'We just don't have any other option.' (TEXAS) Read Article
Fort Worth Star-Telegram. July 22, 2007.
 

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Homeless Families

Fight homelessness with data. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Boston Globe. July 20, 2007.
 

Families swell homeless ranks. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Rebecca Adamus, Florida Today. July 20, 2007.
 

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Federal Minimum Wage Increase

Outlook is modest on effect of minimum-wage increase. Read Article
Associated Press, Baltimore Sun. July 22, 2007.
 

Wages for Indiana's lowest-paid workers are finally going up - for better or worse. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Danielle Braff, Post-Tribune. July 22, 2007.
 

Take from the CEOs, give to the workers. (Opinion) Read Article
By Holly Sklar, Rochester Post-Bulletin. July 23, 2007.
 

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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Aging Well: When grandparenting turns into parenting. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Tamara Manzanares, Craig Daily Press. July 23, 2007.
 

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Payday Lending Regulation - Ohio

Payday lenders: Service or trap? (OHIO) Read Article
By Jim Siegel, Columbus Dispatch. July 23, 2007.
 

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High School Dropouts and Loss of Driving Privileges - Illinois

No school, no driving, state says. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Carlos Sadovi, Chicago Tribune. July 22, 2007.
 

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Column: State Budget and Spending on Social Services - California

Legislators uncork a plan to pick the pockets of the poor. (Column) Read Article
By George Skelton, Los Angeles Times. July 23, 2007.
 

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Poverty as a Political Campaign Issue

Making the poor visible. Read Article
By E. J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post. July 20, 2007.
 

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