Poverty Dispatch - November 19, 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:

• Federal Hurricane Aid and People Living in Poverty - Mississippi
• Poverty Rate - Athens, GA
• Hunger and Food Security
• Increase in Demand at Food Banks
• Home Foreclosures and Renters
• Homelessness and Supportive Housing - Los Angeles, CA
• State Health Care Plan - Maryland
• Prisoner Re-entry Programs - Minnesota, New York
• Schools and Uninsured Students
• Head Start Preschool Program
• No Child Left Behind and Defining Violent Schools
• Editorial: No Child Left Behind

Today's Articles:

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Federal Hurricane Aid and People Living in Poverty - Mississippi

In Mississippi, poor lag in hurricane aid. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Leslie Eaton, New York Times. November 16, 2007.
 

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Poverty Rate - Athens, GA

More fall into poverty. (GEORGIA) Read Article
By Blake Aued, Athens Banner-Herald. November 17, 2007.
 

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Hunger and Food Security

Report: 35.5M hungry in USA in '06. Read Article
Associated Press, USA Today. November 14, 2007.
 

Study tracks hunger among children. Read Article
By Wendy Koch, USA Today. November 15, 2007.
 

Hunger not just a holiday problem. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky and Alan Johnson, Columbus Dispatch. November 15, 2007.
 

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Increase in Demand at Food Banks

Food pantries struggling with shortages. Read Article
Associated Press, Dayton Daily News. November 19, 2007.
 

When handouts keep coming, the food line never ends. (Opinion) Read Article
By Mark Winne, Washington Post. November 18, 2007.
 

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Home Foreclosures and Renters

As owners feel mortgage pain, so do renters. Read Article
By John Leland, New York Times. November 18, 2007.
 

A renter's dilemma: Foreclosures can hit those who don't own. Read Article
By J.N. Sbranti, Modesto Bee. November 18, 2007.
 

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Homelessness and Supportive Housing - Los Angeles, CA

L.A. County might get new homeless program. (LOS ANGELES, CA) Read Article
By Susannah Rosenblatt, Los Angeles Times. November 19, 2007.
 

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State Health Care Plan - Maryland

House approves Medicaid expansion. (MARYLAND) Read Article
By Laura Smitherman, Baltimore Sun. November 19, 2007.
 

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Prisoner Re-entry Programs - Minnesota, New York

How to help ex-offenders stay out of prison. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Jessica Mador, Minnesota Public Radio. November 19, 2007.
 

Watch and release. (Opinion) Read Article
By Jeremy Travis, New York Times. November 18, 2007.
 

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Schools and Uninsured Students

Schools scrambling to help uninsured kids. Read Article
By Tony Pugh, Miami Herald. November 18, 2007.
 

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Head Start Preschool Program

Congress passes 5-year Head Start bill. Read Article
By Jim Abrams (Associated Press), Newsday. November 14, 2007.
 

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No Child Left Behind and Defining Violent Schools

'No Child' data on violence skewed. Read Article
By Nelson Hernandez, Washington Post. November 18, 2007.
 

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Editorial: No Child Left Behind

No Child Left Behind. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Evansville Courier Press. November 18, 2007.
 

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