Poverty Dispatch - October 4, 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
• States and Medicaid Reforms
• The Homeless and Supportive Housing - Maine
• Homeless Children and Educational Services - Hawaii
• Report: Payments to Foster Parents
• Health Coverage for Foster Children - New Jersey
• Rural Workers and the Earned Income Tax Credit
• Minimum Wage Increase - Washington
• Payday Lending Regulation and the Military - Utah
• Out-of-state Prisoner Transfers
• No Child Left Behind and State Testing Standards

Today's Articles:

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

8 states plan to press Bush on health bill. Read Article
By Sarah Kershaw, New York Times. October 2, 2007.
 

Illinois in bind on health care. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Judith Graham, Chicago Tribune. October 2, 2007.
 

Health insurance for kids: Who should get aid? Read Article
By Kyung M. Song, Seattle Times. October 3, 2007.
 

Bush vetoes children’s health bill. Read Article
By David Stout, New York Times. October 3, 2007.
 

Bush vetoes child health care bill. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By David Welna, National Public Radio. October 3, 2007.
 

Kids health plan battle rages as Bush vetoes bill. Read Article
By Mark Silva, Chicago Tribune. October 3, 2007.
 

Veto of child health plan sparks clash. Read Article
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Los Angeles Times. October 4, 2007.
 

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States and Medicaid Reforms

Medicaid reforms compared. Read Article
By Susan M. Cover, Kennebec Journal. October 3, 2007.
 

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The Homeless and Supportive Housing - Maine

Housing the homeless actually cuts overall costs, study says. (MAINE) Read Article
By Glenn Adams, (Associated Press), Boston Globe. October 3, 2007.
 

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Homeless Children and Educational Services - Hawaii

Suit alleges Hawaii fails homeless kids. (HAWAII) Read Article
By Jim Dooley, Honolulu Advertiser. October 3, 2007.
 

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Report: Payments to Foster Parents

Foster care funds don't cover parents' bills, report says. Read Article
By Wendy Koch, USA Today. October 2, 2007.
 

State trails in paying foster parents. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By John Iwasaki, Seattle Post-Intelligancer. October 2, 2007.
 

State pays foster parents too little, study says. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Ofelia Casillas, Chicago Tribune. October 4, 2007.
 

Is $317 a month enough to care for a child? (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Sarah Carr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. October 3, 2007.
 

Foster care pay is called inadequate. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Michael Rothfeld, Los Angeles Times. October 4, 2007.
 

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Health Coverage for Foster Children - New Jersey

Crucial health care eludes foster kids. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Susan K. Livio, Star-Ledger. October 4, 2007.
 

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Rural Workers and the Earned Income Tax Credit

Study probes EITC allocation. Read Article
By Jeff Feingold, New Hampshire Business Journal. October 2, 2007.
 

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Minimum Wage Increase - Washington

State minimum wage to break $8. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By Jonathan Nelson, The Columbian. October 3, 2007.
 

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Payday Lending Regulation and the Military - Utah

Payday lenders tell military 'no.' (UTAH) Read Article
By Lee Davidson, Deseret Morning News. October 2, 2007.
 

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Out-of-state Prisoner Transfers

Out-of-state inmates face strain. Read Article
By Joseph Turner, Tacoma News Tribune. October 2, 2007.
 

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No Child Left Behind and State Testing Standards

Varying standards may hurt 'No Child.' Read Article
By Ian Shapira, Washington Post. October 4, 2007.
 

Michigan reading, math tests too easy? (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Jennifer Mrozowski, Detroit News. October 4, 2007.
 

Ohio's tests too easy. (OHIO) Read Article
By Denise Smith Amos, Cincinnati Enquirer. October 4, 2007.
 

State sets low test standards. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Alan K. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. October 3, 2007.
 

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