Poverty Dispatch - September 20, 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:

• Child Poverty - Hartford, CT
• Child Poverty and Dental Health - Connecticut
• Urban Poverty and Costs for Services - Baltimore, MD
• Subsidized Housing - New York
• Opinions: Poverty Measurement
• Medicaid and Access to Care - Utah
• Missouri Low-income Health Insurance Plan
• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Universal Health Care - San Francisco, CA
• States and Health Care Spending
• Minimum Wage Increase and Job Growth - Oregon
• Payday Lending - Missouri, Washington, D.C.
• Faith-Based Initiatives - Kentucky

Today's Articles:

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Child Poverty - Hartford, CT

Rate of child poverty rises in Hartford. (HARTFORD, CT) Read Article
By Ann Marie Somma, Hartford Courant. September 18, 2007.
 

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Child Poverty and Dental Health - Connecticut

Poor kids' teeth in poor state. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Hilary Waldman, Hartford Courant. September 19, 2007.
 

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Urban Poverty and Costs for Services - Baltimore, MD

Poor pay more for city living. (BALTIMORE, MD) Read Article
By Jamie Smith Hopkins, Baltimore Sun. September 20, 2007.
 

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Subsidized Housing - New York

Subsidized housing plagued by neglect and corruption, report says. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Charles V. Bagli, New York Times. September 20, 2007.
 

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Opinions: Poverty Measurement

Raise poverty line to reflect economic reality. (Opinion) Read Article
By John E. Schwarz, Newsday. September 18, 2007.
 

Misreading the poverty data. (Opinion) Read Article
By Robert Greenstein, Washington Post. September 18, 2007.
 

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Medicaid and Access to Care - Utah

Where are the doctors who accept Medicaid? (UTAH) Read Article
By Kirsten Stewart, Salt Lake Tribune. September 16, 2007.
 

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Missouri Low-income Health Insurance Plan

Blunt unveils plan to help low-income people get health insurance. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Kit Wagar, Kansas City Star. September 18, 2007.
 

Program to provide health insurance for low-income Missourians. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Christopher Leonard (Associated Press), Jefferson City News Tribune. September 19, 2007.
 

Missouri poised to offer insurance to low-income parents. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Virginia Young, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 19, 2007.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

$35 Billion boost in works for kids' health care. Read Article
By Christopher Lee, Washington Post. September 18, 2007.
 

Compromise SCHIP in the works. (MAINE) Read Article
By Rebekah Metzler, Bangor Daily News. September 20, 2007.
 

Congress forges deal to insure more children. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky and Jonathan Riskind, Columbus Dispatch. September 20, 2007.
 

State to expand health insurance for kids. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By David Wenner, Patriot-News. September 20, 2007.
 

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Universal Health Care - San Francisco, CA

San Francisco launches universal health care. (SAN FREANCISCO, CA) Read Article
By Jane Meredith Adams, Chicago Tribune. September 18, 2007.
 

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States and Health Care Spending

States differ widely in spending on health care, study finds. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. September 18, 2007.
 

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Minimum Wage Increase and Job Growth - Oregon

Job growth not dampened by minimum wage raises, study shows. (OREGON) Read Article
Salem-News. September 19, 2007.
 

Oregon's minimum wage to increase. (OREGON) Read Article
By Brad Cain (Associated Press), Salem Statesman Journal. September 20, 2007.
 

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Payday Lending - Missouri, Washington, D.C.

Nixon, others call for payday loan industry reforms. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Cheryl Wittenauer (Associated Press), Jefferson City News Tribune. September 19, 2007.
 

Nixon, legislators call for curbs on payday lenders. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Jo Mannies, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 19, 2007.
 

Bill to cap payday loan interest rates passes. (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Read Article
By Nikita Stewart, Washington Post. September 19, 2007.
 

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Faith-Based Initiatives - Kentucky

State debuts faith-based office. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Peter Smith, Louisville Courier-Journal. September 18, 2007.
 

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