Poverty Dispatch - January 31, 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:

• Temporary Assistance For Needy Families - New Mexico, Pennsylvania
• TANF Rules and Recipients Attending College
• Child Welfare Funding - Ohio
• Medicaid Enrollment - Mississippi
• State Children's Health Insurance Program - Louisiana
• Food Stamp Program and the Elderly - Massachusetts
• School for Children in Child Welfare System - New York City
• Economic Stimulus Package and Medicaid, Unemployment Aid, Food Stamps
• Poverty and Income Inequality
• Home Foreclosures - Michigan, Ohio
• States and Immigration Laws
• Poverty as a Political Campaign Issue

Today's Articles:

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Temporary Assistance For Needy Families - New Mexico, Pennsylvania

New Mexico welfare fund has $45 million surplus from lack of recipients. (NEW MEXICO) Read Article
By Maggie Shepard, Albuquerque Tribune. January 26, 2008.
 

Rendell report touts state's welfare reform. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Bradley Vasoli, The Bulletin. January 28, 2008.
 

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TANF Rules and Recipients Attending College

No more study hall? Read Article
By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed News. January 30, 2008.
 

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Child Welfare Funding - Ohio

Abuse prevention needs funds, report says. (OHIO) Read Article
By Jeb Phillips, Columbus Dispatch. January 29, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Enrollment - Mississippi

Enrollment decline spurs Medicaid changes. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Natalie Chandler, Clarion Ledger. January 29, 2008.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program - Louisiana

Feds receptive to health plan. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By Marsha Shuler, Baton Rouge Advocate. January 26, 2008.
 

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Food Stamp Program and the Elderly - Massachusetts

For some elders, pride before food. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By John Guilfoil, Boston Globe. January 31, 2008.
 

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School for Children in Child Welfare System - New York City

School focuses on foster-care students. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Tanyanika Samuels, New York Daily News. January 29, 2008.
 

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Economic Stimulus Package and Medicaid, Unemployment Aid, Food Stamps

Culver asks for federal aid for state stimulus plan. (IOWA) Read Article
By Whitney Woodward, Sioux City Journal. January 29, 2008.
 

States seek Medicaid money in stimulus package. Read Article
By Sean Reilly, Press-Register. January 30, 2008.
 

Unemployment aid in stimulus spotlight. Read Article
By Sue Kirchhoff, USA Today. January 29, 2008.
 

More food stamps, unemployment aid. (Column) Read Article
By Louisa Warren and Mandy Ableidinger, News and Observer. January 31, 2008.
 

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Poverty and Income Inequality

Stanford center goes to press to battle poverty. Read Article
By Heidi Benson, San Francisco Chronicle. January 29, 2008.
 

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Home Foreclosures - Michigan, Ohio

Michigan is third in U.S. for foreclosures. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Nathan Hurst, Detroit News. January 29, 2008.
 

Ohio foreclosure filings jumped 88 percent last year. (OHIO) Read Article
By Jim Nichols, Cleveland Plain Dealer. January 30, 2008.
 

Ohio foreclosures soar 88 percent in 2007, state in top 10. (OHIO) Read Article
By Alex Veiga (Associated Press), Toledo Blade. January 29, 2008.
 

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States and Immigration Laws

Immigration roils states. Read Article
By Kavan Peterson, Stateline.org. January 22, 2008.
 

More states to deny illegal migrants driver's licenses. Read Article
By Emily Bazar, USA Today. January 29, 2008.
 

Real ID law facing resistance. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Brian Wallheimer, LaFayette Journal and Courier. January 30, 2008.
 

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Poverty as a Political Campaign Issue

The politics of poverty and the poverty of ideas. (Column) Read Article
By Madison Powers, Congressional Quarterly. January 30, 2008.
 

Edwards bid shows poverty not big campaign theme. Read Article
By Matthew Bigg, Reuters News. January 30, 2008.
 

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