Poverty Dispatch - December 20, 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.

The next Poverty Dispatch will be distributed on January 4, 2008.

Today's Topics in the News:

• Wisconsin Public Radio Series on the Working Poor
• Rural Hunger and Food Assistance - Ohio
• Survey: Basic Needs of Families - Wisconsin
• Social Services Computer System - Colorado
• State Unemployment Compensation Fund - Ohio
• Family Structure and Child Well-being
• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• State Health Care Plans - California, New Jersey
• The Uninsured and Cancer Treatment
• Health Care Costs - Minnesota, Florida
• Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program
• Legal Assistance for the Poor - Alabama
• Opinion: Black Male Joblessness - Milwaukee, WI
• Poor Neighborhoods and Student Achievement
• States and Early Childhood Education
• No Child Left Behind Reauthorization

Today's Articles:

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Wisconsin Public Radio Series on the Working Poor

WPR Series: The Working Poor. (OKLAHOMA) Series Homepage
Wisconsin Public Radio. December 20, 2007.
 

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Rural Hunger and Food Assistance - Ohio

The pangs of desperation. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky, Columbus Dispatch. December 18, 2007.
 

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Survey: Basic Needs of Families - Wisconsin

Survey details serious challenges faced by area’s low-income families. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
Dunn County News. December 19, 2007.
 

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Social Services Computer System - Colorado

Settlement reached over state's benefits management program. (COLORADO) Read Article
By John C. Ensslin, Rocky Mountain News. December 20, 2007.
 

Food stamp food fight. (COLORADO) Read Article
Editorial, Rocky Mountain News. December 18, 2007.
 

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State Unemployment Compensation Fund - Ohio

New blow: State aid to jobless drying up. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky, Columbus Dispatch. December 20, 2007.
 

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Family Structure and Child Well-being

Study: Mom's marital status may not indicate kids' success. Read Article
By Trevor Stokes, Times Daily. December 18, 2007.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

Ohio's children's health-care expansion plan hits major snag. (OHIO) Read Article
By Elizabeth Auster, Cleveland Plain Dealer. December 20, 2007.
 

Congress extends child health care program. Read Article
By Jane Norman, Des Moines Register. December 20, 2007.
 

Federal money concerns hold up state initiatives. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By Marsha Shuler, Baton Rouge Advocate. December 17, 2007.
 

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State Health Care Plans - California, New Jersey

California health care bill advances. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Mike Zapler, San Jose Mercury News. December 18, 2007.
 

California moves toward universal health care. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Kevin Sack, New York Times. December 18, 2007.
 

Complex health reform built upon two simple ideas. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Daniel Weintraub, Sacramento Bee. December 18, 2007.
 

New Jersey to target all uninsured children. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Tom Hester Jr. (Associated Press), Newsday. December 18, 2007.
 

State program to offer health coverage for kids. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Susan K. Livio, Star-Ledger. December 19, 2007.
 

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The Uninsured and Cancer Treatment

As cancer fight progresses, uninsured are left behind. Read Article
By Lindy Washburn, The Record. December 20, 2007.
 

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Health Care Costs - Minnesota, Florida

Health care takes hefty bite out of Minnesotans' incomes. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Chen May Yee, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. December 19, 2007.
 

Nonelderly Floridians paying more for healthcare. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By John Dorschner, Miami Herald. December 19, 2007.
 

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Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program

More ask for heating bill help. (OHIO) Read Article
By Tom O'Neill, Kentucky Post. December 18, 2007.
 

Governor fights shut-offs. (OHIO) Read Article
By Tracy Turner and Mark Niquette, Columbus Dispatch. December 19, 2007.
 

Utilities can't disconnect low-income Ohioans this winter, PUCO says. (OHIO) Read Article
By Paul Wilson and Tracy Turner, Columbus Dispatch. December 19, 2007.
 

Heating crisis looms for low-income residents. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Charis Anderson, Standard-Times. December 18, 2007.
 

Home heating assistance for low-income families set to increase this winter. Read Article
By Andrew Miga (Associated Press), Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. December 19, 2007.
 

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Legal Assistance for the Poor - Alabama

Legal assistance for state's poor receives boost. (ALABAMA) Read Article
By Sebastian Kitchen, Press-Register. December 20, 2007.
 

Cash crisis shrinks staff, threatens help for low-income clients. (ALABAMA) Read Article
By Sebastian Kitchen, Press-Register. December 20, 2007.
 

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Opinion: Black Male Joblessness - Milwaukee, WI

The facts on black male joblessness. (MILWAUKEE, WI) Read Article
By Jeff M. Jensen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. December 18, 2007.
 

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Poor Neighborhoods and Student Achievement

Poor neighborhoods hurt students more than low income, study finds. Read Article
By Stephanie Banchero, Chicago Tribune. December 19, 2007.
 

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States and Early Childhood Education

States invest more in preschools. Read Article
By Ledyard King, Honolulu Advertiser. December 20, 2007.
 

Landmark preschool program isn't paying off, TEA report says. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Staci Hupp, Dallas Morning News. December 20, 2007.
 

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No Child Left Behind Reauthorization

Amid pessimism on NCLB, talks continue. Read Article
By David J. Hoff, Education Week. December 17, 2007.
 

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