Poverty Dispatch - January 24, 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:

• Measuring Poverty - Washington
• 2008 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines
• Social Services and Increasing Need
• Food Stamp Debit Card Fees - Iowa
• High School Dropout Rates - Indiana
• Report: State of Black Youth in Indiana
• Revoking Driver's Licenses and Effects on Low-income - Wisconsin
• Kids Count Report - Washington, D.C.
• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Low-income Children and Dental Care - Massachusetts
• Medicaid Health Management Program - Wyoming
• Characteristics of the Uninsured - Texas
• Unregulated Boarding Houses - New York City
• Cities and Laws Aimed at the Homeless
• Green Homeless Shelter - Oakland, CA
• Earned Income Tax Credit - Michigan
• Tax Refund Anticipation Loans
• Voter Identification Laws

Today's Articles:

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Measuring Poverty - Washington

Poverty rate low, but does it tell the whole story? (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By Krista J. Kapralos, Everett Daily Herald. January 21, 2008.
 

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2008 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines

New poverty guidelines make more eligible for Oregon Health Plan. (OREGON) Read Article
Associated Press, Oregonian. January 23, 2008.
 

More to qualify for Oregon Health Plan as poverty line rises. (OREGON) Read Article
Salem News. January 23, 2008.
 

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Social Services and Increasing Need

Food shortage hits charity pantries. Read Article
By Susannah Rosenblatt, Los Angeles Times. January 21, 2008.
 

The 'perfect storm.' (WISCONSIN) Read Article
Editorial, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. January 22, 2008.
 

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Food Stamp Debit Card Fees - Iowa

Iowa pays most for food stamp debit cards. (IOWA) Read Article
BY Jennifer Jacobs, Des Moines Register. January 18, 2008.
 

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High School Dropout Rates - Indiana

State's schools battle high dropout rates with new approaches. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Andy Gammill, Indianapolis Star. January 23, 2008.
 

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Report: State of Black Youth in Indiana

About 80% of black babies are born to unwed moms. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Tim Evans, Indianapolis Star. January 24, 2008.
 

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Revoking Driver's Licenses and Effects on Low-income - Wisconsin

Unfair suspensions leave workers idling. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
Editorial, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. January 19, 2008.
 

The end of their roads. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Gregory Stanford, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. January 19, 2008.
 

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Kids Count Report - Washington, D.C.

One-third of children in poverty, report says. (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Read Article
By Yolanda Woodlee, Washington Post. January 18, 2008.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

Bush's second child insurance veto stands in House. Read Article
By Christopher Lee, Washington Post. January 24, 2008.
 

Veto stands on measure to expand health plan. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. January 24, 2008.
 

Spitzer to add millions to budget for children's health care. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Valerie Bauman (Associated Press), Newsday. January 17, 2008.
 

A $37M shot for kids' health. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Cathleen F. Crowley, Albany Times Union. January 18, 2008.
 

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Low-income Children and Dental Care - Massachusetts

Study finds financial, racial disparities in dental care. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By David Abel, Boston Globe. January 24, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Health Management Program - Wyoming

Program saves state millions of health dollars and makes Medicaid patients healthier. (WYOMING) Read Article
By Allison Rupp, Casper Star-Tribune. January 23, 2008.
 

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Characteristics of the Uninsured - Texas

Texans trying to survive without health insurance. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Corrie MacLaggan, Austin American-Statesman. January 20, 2008.
 

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Unregulated Boarding Houses - New York City

Illegal boarding houses pit city’s laws against lack of alternatives. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Leslie Kaufman and Manny Fernandez, New York Times. January 22, 2008.
 

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Cities and Laws Aimed at the Homeless

Cities crack down on panhandling. Read Article
By Tracy Loew, USA Today. January 22, 2008.
 

Advocates for homeless not buying anti-soliciting laws. Read Article
By Stuart Glascock, Los Angeles Times. January 20, 2008.
 

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Green Homeless Shelter - Oakland, CA

Country's first 'green' shelter opens. (OAKLAND, CA) Read Article
By Barbara Grady, The Argus. January 24, 2008.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit - Michigan

Tax break for poor may cost far less. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Mark Hornbeck, Detroit News. January 24, 2008.
 

Groups rallying to keep earned income tax credit. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Tim Martin (Associated Press), Lansing State Journal. January 24, 2008.
 

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Tax Refund Anticipation Loans

State makes bid to end costly tax-refund loans. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Nicholas Confessore, New York Times. January 18, 2008.
 

Tax refunds can be worth their wait in gold. (Column) Read Article
By Michelle Singletary, Washington Post. January 17, 2008.
 

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Voter Identification Laws

ID laws incite biggest voting legal battle since Bush v. Gore. Read Article
By Deborah Hastings (Associated Press), Dayton Daily News. January 23, 2008.
 

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