Poverty Dispatch - November 12, 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:

• Kids Count Report - Kentucky
• Poverty and Health Disparities - West Virginia
• Clinics Offering Medicaid and WIC - Detroit, MI
• Medicaid Reimbursement to Health Care Providers
• Report: Utilization of Homeless Services - Hawaii
• Editorial: Chronic Homelessness - Minnesota
• Affordable Housing and Renters
• Households and Rising Heating Oil Costs - Maine
• Payday Lending and Rate Caps - New Hampshire
• Minimum Wage Increase - Arizona
• Paid Sick Leave

Today's Articles:

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Kids Count Report - Kentucky

Children in poverty. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Peggy Kreimer, Cincinnati Post. November 9, 2007.
 

Study: Child welfare in state still lacking. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Deborah Yetter, Louisville Courier-Journal. November 9, 2007.
 

Report: Kids need help on many fronts. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Deborah Yetter, Louisville Courier-Journal. November 10, 2007.
 

Placing a marker. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
Editorial, Cincinnati Post. November 10, 2007.
 

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Poverty and Health Disparities - West Virginia

Poverty, isolation contribute to health disparities in W.Va.. (WEST VIRGINIA) Read Article
Associated Press, Charleston Daily Mail. November 9, 2007.
 

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Clinics Offering Medicaid and WIC - Detroit, MI

Food vouchers lure Detroit Medicaid patients. (DETROIT, MI) Read Article
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org. November 9, 2007.
 

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Medicaid Reimbursement to Health Care Providers

Tied up in red tape. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Mike Saccone, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. November 10, 2007.
 

Govt program a strain on U.S. emergency rooms: study. Read Article
By Lisa Baertlein, Scientific American. November 8, 2007.
 

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Report: Utilization of Homeless Services - Hawaii

Hawaii homeless's top problem: finances. (HAWAII) Read Article
By Will Hoover, Honolulu Advertiser. November 11, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Chronic Homelessness - Minnesota

SEditorial: Chronic homelessness can end in Minnesota. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. November 9, 2007.
 

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Affordable Housing and Renters

'Nowhere to go' for low-income renters. (MIAMI, FL) Read Article
By Lisa Arthur, Miami Herald. November 9, 2007.
 

Housing crunch leaves many with few options. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Melissa M. Scallan and John Fitzhugh, Sun Herald. November 9, 2007.
 

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Households and Rising Heating Oil Costs - Maine

In Maine, 'a lot of fear out there' as heating oil prices keep rising. (MAINE) Read Article
By Jerry Harkavy (Associated Press), Portland Press Herald. November 12, 2007.
 

As oil prices rise, regrets for not locking in. (MAINE) Read Article
By Anne Ravana, Bangor Daily News. November 10, 2007.
 

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Payday Lending and Rate Caps - New Hampshire

The price of payday lending. (NEW HAMPSHIRE) Read Article
By Kate Davidson, Concord Monitor. November 11, 2007.
 

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Minimum Wage Increase - Arizona

Industries may feel sting, but state wage increase hasn't hurt Ariz. economy. (ARIZONA) Read Article
By Ronald J. Hansen, Arizona Republic. November 11, 2007.
 

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Paid Sick Leave

Taking U.S. pulse on paid sick leave. Read Article
By Dennis Cauchon, USA Today. November 11, 2007.
 

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