Poverty Dispatch - January 3, 2008

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:

• Welfare to Work Programs - Virginia, New Mexico
• Medicaid Computer System - Wisconsin
• State Child Welfare Database - Ohio
• Poverty Measurement - New York City
• Single Fathers and Assistance Programs
• American Indian Children and Foster Care - Washington
• Foster Care Age Limit - Delaware
• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Low-income Residents and Access to Dental Care - Kentucky
• Medicaid Reimbursement Rates to Children's Doctors - New Jersey
• Medical Clinics at Food Banks
• States and Minimum Wage Increases
• Needs of the Working Poor
• Opinions: Poverty Policies and Childless Individuals
• Payday Lending Regulation - Ohio, Virginia
• Voter Identification Law - Indiana
• No Child Left Behind

Today's Articles:

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Welfare to Work Programs - Virginia, New Mexico

From welfare to work. (VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Rex Bowman, Richmond Times-Dispatch. December 23, 2007.
 

State aid for low-income families increases. (NEW MEXICO) Read Article
By James Monteleone, Farmington Daily Times. December 31, 2007.
 

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Medicaid Computer System - Wisconsin

Medicaid computer price tag now tops $64 million. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. December 27, 2007.
 

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State Child Welfare Database - Ohio

Counties unhappy with child welfare database. (OHIO) Read Article
By Rick Armon, Akron Beacon Journal. December 22, 2007.
 

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Poverty Measurement - New York City

Bloomberg seeks new way to decide who is poor. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Leslie Kaufman, New York Times. December 30, 2007.
 

Defining poverty. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
Editorial, Spartanburg Herald-Journal. December 30, 2007.
 

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Single Fathers and Assistance Programs

Single fathers often find bias when in search of assistance. Read Article
By Elisabeth Dyer, St. Petersburg Times. December 21, 2007.
 

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American Indian Children and Foster Care - Washington

Tribes often at odds with state foster care system. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By Krista J. Kapralos, Everett Daily Herald. December 21, 2007.
 

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Foster Care Age Limit - Delaware

Bill to extend foster care to age 21 aims to help youths learn to be adults. (DELAWARE) Read Article
By Mike Chalmers, Wilmington News Journal. December 22, 2007.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

BadgerCare Plus to ensure health care coverage for all children. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Jason Stein, Wisconsin State Journal. December 27, 2007.
 

Bush administration limits Ohio children's health insurance program. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky, Columbus Dispatch. December 21, 2007.
 

Feds reject expanding health care for state's children. (OHIO) Read Article
By Jim Provance, Toledo Blade. December 22, 2007.
 

Late twists for kids health program. Read Article
By Kevin Freking (Associated Press), Lexington Herald-Leader. December 26, 2007.
 

Children's health program extended. Read Article
By Ben Feller (Associated Press), Houston Chronicle. December 29, 2007.
 

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Low-income Residents and Access to Dental Care - Kentucky

In Kentucky’s teeth, toll of poverty and neglect. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Ian Urbina, New York Times. December 24, 2007.
 

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Medicaid Reimbursement Rates to Children's Doctors - New Jersey

Medicaid kids' rates triple after two-decade stagnation. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Linda A. Johnson (Associated Press), Newsday. January 2, 2008.
 

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Medical Clinics at Food Banks

Medical clinics expanding care to needy. Read Article
By Lauran Neergaard, (Associated Press), USA Today. December 25, 2007.
 

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States and Minimum Wage Increases

Minimum wage in Ohio rises to $7 hourly Jan. 1. (OHIO) Read Article
By Jon Chavez, Toledo Blade. January 1, 2008.
 

Minimum wage rates rise. (OHIO) Read Article
By Keith T. Reed, Cincinnati Enquirer. January 1, 2008.
 

2008 means pay raises for 250,000 minimum-wage workers. (IOWA) Read Article
By Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register. December 29, 2007.
 

Minimum wage in Missouri is now $6.65 an hour. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Diane Stafford, Kansas City Star. December 31, 2007.
 

Minimum wage set to go up 50 cents. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Jeanette Steele, San Diego Union-Tribune. December 31, 2007.
 

Minimum wage hike to affect consumers. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Tim Simmers, Daily Review. January 2, 2008.
 

Minimum wage hike to affect consumers. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By Rachel La Corte (Associated Press), Seattle Post-Intelligencer. December 30, 2007.
 

Oregon's minimum wage workers get pay boost. (OREGON) Read Article
By John Sowell, News-Review. January 1, 2008.
 

Many workers hail a raise as minimum wage due to kick in. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Maria Sacchetti, Boston Globe. January 1, 2008.
 

Panel pushes minimum wage hike, annual increases. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Tom Hester Jr. (Associated Press), Newsday. December 21, 2007.
 

Doing the minimum. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
Editorial, The Record. December 26, 2007.
 

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Needs of the Working Poor

Nation's need apparent during holidays. Read Article
By Martha Irvine (Associated Press), Miami Herald. December 21, 2007.
 

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Opinions: Poverty Policies and Childless Individuals

War on poverty ignores low-income childless. (Opinion) Read Article
By Kevin Hassett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. December 28, 2007.
 

Jobs can help economic gains get to poor. (Opinion) Read Article
By Jason Furman, Philadelphia Inquirer. December 28, 2007.
 

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Payday Lending Regulation - Ohio, Virginia

Payday-lending studies can fit any argument. (OHIO) Read Article
By Jim Siegel, Columbus Dispatch. December 24, 2007.
 

No rest for either side in Va. payday lending debate. (VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Dena Potter (Associated Press), Daily Press. December 29, 2007.
 

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Voter Identification Law - Indiana

Supreme Court weighs in on struggle over state voter ID law. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Mark Sherman (Associated Press), Indianapolis Star. December 30, 2007.
 

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No Child Left Behind

No Child Left Behind: GOP senators want it to be history. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Norman Draper, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. January 1, 2008.
 

Teaching low-income parents to 'work the system.' (Commentary) Read Article
By Edwin C. Darden, Education Week. December 26, 2007.
 

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