Poverty Dispatch - October 18, 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:

• Medicaid Reform - Florida
• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Housing Subsidies - Kentucky, Alaska
• Affordable Housing - Los Angeles, CA
• Food Assistance and Emergency Food Aid - New York
• Federal Poverty Guideline and Program Eligibility
• The Low-income and Higher Costs for Services
• Anti-Poverty Programs - Philadelphia, PA
• Social Services ID Requirement Legislation - Pennsylvania
• Report: Cost of Living - California
• Minimum Wage Increase - Florida

Today's Articles:

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Medicaid Reform - Florida

Medicaid pilot program expansion should be delayed, state report says. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Bob LaMendola, South Florida Sun-Sentinel. October 17, 2007.
 

Medicaid pilot projects get bad internal review. (FLORIDA) Read Article
Associated Press, St. Petersburg Times. October 18, 2007.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

Bush, critics agree: Insure the poor first. (OHIO) Read Article
By Elizabeth Auster, Cleveland Plain Dealer. October 17, 2007.
 

House takes up child health veto. (NORTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Jean P. Fisher, News and Observer. October 17, 2007.
 

Kids without coverage. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Traci Shurley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 16, 2007.
 

Children’s health bill dispute turns to income limits. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. October 17, 2007.
 

Child health: to compromise or stand firm. Read Article
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Los Angeles Times. October 17, 2007.
 

Poll: Americans support children's health program. Read Article
By Joe Neel, National Public Radio. October 17, 2007.
 

Room for compromise on child-health bill. Read Article
By Gail Russell Chaddock, Christian Science Monitor. October 18, 2007.
 

House fails to override child health bill veto. Read Article
By David Stout and Robert Pear, New York Times. October 18, 2007.
 

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Housing Subsidies - Kentucky, Alaska

Thousands wait for housing aid. (LOUISVILLE, KY) Read Article
By Marcus Green, Louisville Courier-Journal. October 17, 2007.
 

Hundreds await housing vouchers. (JUNEAU, AK) Read Article
By Amanda Fehd, Juneau Empire. October 17, 2007.
 

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Affordable Housing - Los Angeles, CA

L.A. mayor pushes affordable housing plan. (LOS ANGELES, CA) Read Article
By Duke Helfand and Steve Hymon, Los Angeles Times. October 18, 2007.
 

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Food Assistance and Emergency Food Aid - New York

Supplies dwindle at food pantries as financing bill stalls in Washington. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Winter Miller, New York Times. October 18, 2007.
 

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Federal Poverty Guideline and Program Eligibility

Poverty guidelines: Hurting or helping the poor? Read Article
By Ruth Mantell, MarketWatch. October 18, 2007.
 

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The Low-income and Higher Costs for Services

Report: City’s poor pay $3,000 'poverty premium.' (BALTIMORE, MD) Read Article
By Andrew Cannarsa, Baltimore Examiner. October 17, 2007.
 

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Anti-Poverty Programs - Philadelphia, PA

Ideas on easing poverty reflect a sense of its burden on Phila. (PHILADELPHIA, PA) Read Article
By Douglas Pike, Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 2007.
 

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Social Services ID Requirement Legislation - Pennsylvania

Proof-of-citizenship bill for benefits is debated. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Martha Raffaele (Associated Press), Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 2007.
 

Pa. bill intends to stop aid for illegal aliens. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Brad Bumsted, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. October 18, 2007.
 

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Report: Cost of Living - California

Poverty line out of touch with costs, advocates say. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times. October 17, 2007.
 

The cost of keeping up. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By John Hill, Sacramento Bee. October 17, 2007.
 

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Minimum Wage Increase - Florida

Florida's minimum wage will be $6.79. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Tim Engstrom, News-Press. October 16, 2007.
 

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