Poverty Dispatch - August 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:

• Privatization of Social Services - Indiana
• Economic Security Plan for the Working Poor - New York
• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Medicaid Reform - Louisiana
• Universal Health Care Program - San Francisco, CA
• Food Stamp Program Eligibility and Participation
• WIC-only Grocery Stores - California
• Home Foreclosures - Ohio
• Effect of Neighborhood on Student Achievement
• All-Day Kindergarten - Indiana
• Editorial: Early Childhood Education - Minnesota

Today's Articles:

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Privatization of Social Services - Indiana

Feds OK FSSA fixes to privatization plan. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Ken Kusmer (Associated Press), Indianapolis Star. August 16, 2007.
 

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Economic Security Plan for the Working Poor - New York

Aid for working poor planned. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Michael Gormley (Associated Press), Albany Times Union. August 14, 2007.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

Culver urges expansion of insurance program for kids. (IOWA) Read Article
By Tony Leys, Des Moines Register. August 16, 2007.
 

Culver lobbies for increased health insurance funding. (IOWA) Read Article
By Henry C. Jackson, Quad-City Times. August 16, 2007.
 

Washington adds to state's health care worries. (VERMONT) Read Article
By Nancy Remsen, Burlington Free Press. August 15, 2007.
 

Beebe assembles panel to solve state health-care issues. (ARKANSAS) Read Article
By Nell Smith, Arkansas Democrat Gazette. August 16, 2007.
 

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Medicaid Reform - Louisiana

Feds to get health plan. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By Marsha Shuler, Baton Rouge Advocate. August 15, 2007.
 

Plan would expand Medicaid to parents. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By Jan Moller, New Orleans Times-Picayune. August 14, 2007.
 

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Universal Health Care Program - San Francisco, CA

1,000 uninsured enrolled in Healthy San Francisco. (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) Read Article
By Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle. August 15, 2007.
 

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Food Stamp Program Eligibility and Participation

Half of poor not getting food stamps. Read Article
By Rob Hotakainen, Houston Chronicle. August 13, 2007.
 

Most eligible Iowans getting food stamps, report aside. (IOWA) Read Article
Editorial, Des Moines Register. August 15, 2007.
 

Nobody does food stamps like Missouri. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By T.J. Greaney, Columbia Tribune. August 15, 2007.
 

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WIC-only Grocery Stores - California

Food-assistance stores spark debate over cost. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Jennifer Torres, Stockton Record. August 16, 2007.
 

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Home Foreclosures - Ohio

Reducing foreclosures may require costly fixes. (OHIO) Read Article
By Denise Trowbridge, Columbus Dispatch. August 15, 2007.
 

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Effect of Neighborhood on Student Achievement

Neighborhoods' effect on grades challenged. Read Article
By Jay Mathews, Washington Post. August 14, 2007.
 

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All-Day Kindergarten - Indiana

More kids enrolled in full-day K. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Andy Gammill, Indianapolis Star. August 16, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Early Childhood Education - Minnesota

Study puts preschool doubts to rest. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. August 16, 2007.
 

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