Poverty Dispatch - January 17, 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:

• Job Loss and Unemployment in the Midwest
• Foster Care and Sibling Visitation - Indiana
• Unemployment Insurance System - Minnesota
• Medicaid Coverage Expansion - Ohio
• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Kids Count Report - Nebraska
• Homelessness and Housing - Hawaii, Washington, DC
• Report: The Working Poor in Alabama
• Commentary: Poverty Measurement
• Earned Income Tax Credit
• Home Foreclosures and Women - Baltimore, MD
• Food Stamp Program and the Farm Bill
• No Child Left Behind and State Testing

Today's Articles:

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Job Loss and Unemployment in the Midwest

Blue-collar jobs disappear, taking families’ way of life along. (OHIO) Read Article
By Erik Eckholm, New York Times. January 16, 2008.
 

State jobs picture turns ugly. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Mike Meyers, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. January 15, 2008.
 

State's jobless rate up as workers flee. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Louis Aguilar, Detroit News. January 17, 2008.
 

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Foster Care and Sibling Visitation - Indiana

Bill would encourage visits among split-up siblings. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Deanna Martin (Associated Press), Indianapolis Star. January 15, 2008.
 

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Unemployment Insurance System - Minnesota

Unemployment aid gets stuck. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Pioneer Press. January 15, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Coverage Expansion - Ohio

Medicaid coverage expanded for foster kids, pregnant women. (OHIO) Read Article
By Laura A. Bischoff, Dayton Daily News. January 16, 2008.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

Democrats back Ohio plan to insure children. (OHIO) Read Article
By Elizabeth Auster, Cleveland Plain Dealer. January 16, 2008.
 

PeachCare survives for another year. (GEORGIA) Read Article
By Craig Schneider, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. January 14, 2008.
 

Kids' insurance pays off. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
Editorial, Vacaville Reporter. January 15, 2008.
 

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Kids Count Report - Nebraska

More Nebraska children living in poverty, report says. (NEBRASKA) Read Article
By Judith Nygren, Omaha World-Herald. January 15, 2008.
 

Report: More Nebraska children living in poverty. (NEBRASKA) Read Article
Associated Press, Sioux City Journal. January 15, 2008.
 

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Homelessness and Housing - Hawaii, Washington, DC

Hawaii plans $20M homeless shelter. (HAWAII) Read Article
By Mary Vorsino, Honolulu Advertiser. January 15, 2008.
 

Ending Homelessness. (WASHINGTON, DC) Read Article
By Lori Aratani, Washington Post. January 15, 2008.
 

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Report: The Working Poor in Alabama

Working poor see little of state's prosperity, group says. (ALABAMA) Read Article
By Bob Lowry, Huntsville Times. January 15, 2008.
 

Low-income working families need the state's help, a report said. (ALABAMA) Read Article
By David White, Birmingham News. January 15, 2008.
 

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Commentary: Poverty Measurement

That elusive poverty line. Read Article
Editorial, Christian Science Monitor. January 16, 2008.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit

Credit for working families underused. Read Article
By Eileen Putman (Associated Press), Houston Chronicle. January 15, 2008.
 

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Home Foreclosures and Women - Baltimore, MD

Baltimore finds subprime crisis snags women. (BALTIMORE, MD) Read Article
By John Leland, New York Times. January 15, 2008.
 

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Food Stamp Program and the Farm Bill

Food stamp plan up to feds. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Nathan Hurst, Detroit News. January 15, 2008.
 

Fighting hunger in the U.S.. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Daytona Beach News-Journal. January 15, 2008.
 

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No Child Left Behind and State Testing

Do state tests make the grade? Read Article
By Pauline Vu, Stateline.org. January 17, 2008.
 

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