Poverty Dispatch - November 26, 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:

• People Living in Poverty - Indiana, Vermont, Maine
• The Working Poor - New York, Texas, Florida
• Report: States and the Welfare of Low-income Children
• Child Care Subsidies - Rochester, NY
• Report: Native American Children in Foster Care
• Foster Care Program - Delaware
• Medicaid Reform - Ohio
• Medicaid and Access to Health Care - Arkansas
• Medicaid and Prenatal Care for Undocumented Women - Kansas
• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Food Assistance and Hunger
• Opinions: Food Assistance and Hunger
• Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program - Illinois
• Healthy Marriage Initiative - Baltimore, MD

Today's Articles:

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People Living in Poverty - Indiana, Vermont, Maine

More people unable to escape poverty's grasp. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Keith Roysdon, Muncie Star Press. November 22, 2007.
 

Poverty amid plenty. (VERMONT) Read Article
By Nancy Remsen, Burlington Free Press. November 22, 2007.
 

Barely getting by and facing a cold Maine winter. (MAINE) Read Article
By Erik Eckholm, New York Times. November 24, 2007.
 

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The Working Poor - New York, Texas, Florida

On the job, yet struggling. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By G. Jeffrey Aaron, Elmira Star-Gazette. November 25, 2007.
 

Putting pinch on poverty. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Steve Darman, Utica Observer-Dispatch. November 24, 2007.
 

A roof over their heads, but much hardship beneath it. (TEXAS) Read Article
Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 25, 2007.
 

When will we honor the working poor? (TEXAS) Read Article
By Brian Burton, Dallas Morning News. November 22, 2007.
 

Florida's working families struggle to get by, report says. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel. November 21, 2007.
 

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Report: States and the Welfare of Low-income Children

Neediest kids live in rich states. Read Article
By Wendy Koch, USA Today. November 22, 2007.
 

State's child-poverty rate on rise. (INDIANA) Read Article
Indianapolis Star. November 26, 2007.
 

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Child Care Subsidies - Rochester, NY

Fewer families get child-care subsidies in Monroe County. (ROCHESTER, NY) Read Article
By James Goodman, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 26, 2007.
 

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Report: Native American Children in Foster Care

Report profiles Native American foster care. Read Article
By Kevin Graman, Spokane Spokesman-Review. November 25, 2007.
 

Report: High rate of ID American Indian children in foster care. Read Article
Associated Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. November 25, 2007.
 

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Foster Care Program - Delaware

More foster kids caught in limbo. (DELAWARE) Read Article
By Mike Chalmers, Wilmington News Journal. November 25, 2007.
 

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Medicaid Reform - Ohio

Medicaid changes won't happen. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky and Alan Johnson, Columbus Dispatch. November 20, 2007.
 

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Medicaid and Access to Health Care - Arkansas

In the waiting room: Lack of doctors keeps patients scrambling. (ARKNSAS) Read Article
By Doug Thompson, Northwest Arkansas Morning News. November 24, 2007.
 

Lack of doctors leaves children in limbo. (ARKNSAS) Read Article
By Doug Thompson, Northwest Arkansas Morning News. November 26, 2007.
 

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Medicaid and Prenatal Care for Undocumented Women - Kansas

Prenatal health at issue in state. (KANSAS) Read Article
By Dave Ranney, Topeka Capital-Journal. November 23, 2007.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

Hard choices on healthcare. Read Article
By Susan Brink, Los Angeles Times. November 26, 2007.
 

For one mom, pay gains mean a health insurance loss. Read Article
By Susan Brink, Los Angeles Times. November 26, 2007.
 

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Food Assistance and Hunger

Food Insecurity. (RHODE ISLAND) Read Article
By Tom Mooney, Providence Journal. November 20, 2007.
 

Anti-hunger groups want Congress to pass new farm bill. Read Article
By Tony Burchyns, Vallejo Times-Herald. November 26, 2007.
 

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Opinions: Food Assistance and Hunger

For Texans just getting by, food stamps are a blessing. (Opinion) Read Article
By Keri Smeaton, Austin American-Statesman. November 22, 2007.
 

Ranks of hungry swell by 20% as 1 in 6 faces threat. (Opinion) Read Article
By Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News. November 25, 2007.
 

Congress needs to approve boost in food stamps. (Opinion) Read Article
By Bill Long, Lansing State Journal. November 22, 2007.
 

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Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program - Illinois

Federal-aid requests to pay utility bills go up. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Liam Ford, Chicago Tribune. November 23, 2007.
 

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Healthy Marriage Initiative - Baltimore, MD

Couples take baby steps to 'I Do.' (BALTIMORE, MD) Read Article
By Kelly Brewington, Baltimore Sun. November 25, 2007.
 

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