Poverty Dispatch - January 14, 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:

• Census Small-Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
• State Health Care Plans - Massachusetts, California, Illinois
• Kids Count Report - Mississippi
• Applications for Assistance and Agency Workload - Milwaukee County, WI
• Medicaid System and ID numbers - Wisconsin
• County and State Funding for Social Services - Indiana
• Child Support Nonpayment Penalties - Ohio
• Housing Assistance Programs - New York City
• Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program
• Home Foreclosures and Lending Practices - Iowa, Ohio
• Payday Lending Alternatives - Virginia
• Low-income Students and the Achievement Gap - Duluth, MN
• No Child Left Behind Reauthorization
• Car Loan Program for the Working Poor - Wisconsin
• Healthy Marriage Initiative - Kansas City
• Voter Identification Laws

Today's Articles:

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Census Small-Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)

Income gap widening, Census numbers show. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Charles Slat, Monroe News. January 11, 2008.
 

Poverty rates appear to be on the rise in Ohio's Appalachian region counties. (OHIO) Read Article
Associated Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer. January 11, 2008.
 

Poverty grows as does economy. (TENNESSEE) Read Article
By Dave Flessner, Chattanooga Times Free Press. January 11, 2008.
 

Tennessee poverty rate rises more quickly than U.S. rate. (TENNESSEE) Read Article
By Clay Carey, The Tennessean. January 14, 2008.
 

More poverty, even more poor children. (KANSAS) Read Article
By Dave Stephens, Hutchinson News. January 14, 2008.
 

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State Health Care Plans - Massachusetts, California, Illinois

For universal health care, two states push big plans. Read Article
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org. January 11, 2008.
 

State health plan bothers official. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Dean Olsen, Springfield Journal-Register. January 14, 2008.
 

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Kids Count Report - Mississippi

Kids Count takes closer look at Mississippi. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Michaela Gibson Morris, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. January 13, 2008.
 

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Applications for Assistance and Agency Workload - Milwaukee County, WI

Demand for public aid swamps staff. (MILWAUKEE, WI) Read Article
By Ellen Gabler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. January 14, 2008.
 

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Medicaid System and ID numbers - Wisconsin

Other states avoid glitch. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Patrick Marley and Stacy Forster, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. January 13, 2008.
 

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County and State Funding for Social Services - Indiana

Who'll pay for safety net? (INDIANA) Read Article
By Peter Schnitzler, Indianapolis Business Journal. January 12, 2008.
 

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Child Support Nonpayment Penalties - Ohio

Penalties differ on deadbeat parents. (OHIO) Read Article
By Rita Price, Columbus Dispatch. January 9, 2008.
 

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Housing Assistance Programs - New York City

From a shelter to a home, but for how long? (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By David Gonzalez, New York Times. January 14, 2008.
 

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Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program

Ahead for heating oil users: A record-shattering winter. Read Article
By Marianne Lavelle, U.S. News and World Report. January 10, 2008.
 

Local families feeling the heat of high oil costs. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Courtney Paquette, Eagle-Tribune. January 14, 2008.
 

Area oil dealers ask Bush to tap energy aid dollars. (VERMONT) Read Article
Burlington Free Press. January 14, 2008.
 

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Home Foreclosures and Lending Practices - Iowa, Ohio

State lawmakers wrestle with abusive lending. (IOWA) Read Article
By Donna Leinwand, USA Today. January 13, 2008.
 

Cleveland sues 21 lenders over subprime mortgages. (CLEVELAND, OH) Read Article
By Christopher Maag, New York Times. January 12, 2008.
 

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Payday Lending Alternatives - Virginia

Credit unions, churches step in to provide payday lending alternatives. (VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Dena Potter (Associated Press), Daily Press. January 13, 2008.
 

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Low-income Students and the Achievement Gap - Duluth, MN

The price of poverty: Struggling to succeed in school. (DULUTH, MN) Read Article
By Sarah Horner, Duluth News Tribune. January 13, 2008.
 

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No Child Left Behind Reauthorization

Future of No Child Left Behind law is uncertain. Read Article
By Scott Stephens, Cleveland Plain Dealer. January 13, 2008.
 

No Child Left Behind funding source unclear. Read Article
By Halimah Abdullah, Macon Telegraph. January 14, 2008.
 

Teachers feel left behind. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By James Joyce III, Yakima Herald-Republic. January 13, 2008.
 

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Car Loan Program for the Working Poor - Wisconsin

Program puts cars in hands that need them. (WISCNOSIN) Read Article
By George Hesselberg, Wisconsin State Journal. January 12, 2008.
 

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Healthy Marriage Initiative - Kansas City

'Healthy families' program aims to help couples emotionally and economically. (KANSAS CITY) Read Article
By Karen Uhlenhuth, Kansas City Star. January 12, 2008.
 

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Voter Identification Laws

Voter ID laws are set to face a crucial test. Read Article
By Ian Urbina, New York Times. January 7, 2008.
 

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