Poverty Dispatch - February 7, 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:

• States and Medicaid Cuts
• Welfare Reform and Welfare-to-Work Programs
• Food Stamp Program Eligibility - New York
• Study: Development of Rural Children Living in Poverty
• State Children's Health Insurance Program - West Virginia
• Healthy Indiana Plan
• States and Economic Development - Minnesota, Ohio
• Earned Income Tax Credit
• Dropout Prevention - Indianapolis, IN
• No Child Left Behind and State Funding
• Federal Budget and Spending on Social Programs

Today's Articles:

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States and Medicaid Cuts

Bush skirts Congress with Medicaid cuts. Read Article
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org. February 5, 2008.
 

New rules could disrupt services to poor, panel told. (MARYLAND) Read Article
By Timothy B. Wheeler, Baltimore Sun. February 2, 2008.
 

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Welfare Reform and Welfare-to-Work Programs

Welfare-to-work: A work in progress. Read Article
By Ann Pomeroy, HR Magazine. February, 2008.
 

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Food Stamp Program Eligibility - New York

More can get food aid under eased guidelines. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Cathleen F. Crowley, Albany Times Union. February 6, 2008.
 

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Study: Development of Rural Children Living in Poverty

Poor rural children attract close study. Read Article
By Debra Viadero, Education Week. February 6, 2008.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program - West Virginia

Group wants to expand CHIP, but agency says funding isn't there. Read Article
Associated Press, Charleston Daily Mail. February 5, 2008.
 

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Healthy Indiana Plan

Health plan has flood of applicants. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Bill Ruthhart, Indianapolis Star. February 7, 2008.
 

Insurance plan off to fast start. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Niki Kelly, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. February 7, 2008.
 

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States and Economic Development - Minnesota, Ohio

National recession could yield Minnesota red ink. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Kevin Diaz, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. February 7, 2008.
 

Strickland proposes $1.7 billion stimulus package to create 80,000 jobs. (OHIO) Read Article
By Mark Niquette, Columbus Dispatch. February 6, 2008.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit

More cash sought for working poor. Read Article
By Tony Pugh, Lexington Herald-Leader. February 5, 2008.
 

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Dropout Prevention - Indianapolis, IN

IPS to cluster kids who have been held back. (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) Read Article
By Andy Gammill, Indianapolis Star. February 7, 2008.
 

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No Child Left Behind and State Funding

Fight over No Child Left Behind cash continues. Read Article
Associated Press, Booth Newspapers. February 1, 2008.
 

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Federal Budget and Spending on Social Programs

Bush budget gives states little to cheer about. Read Article
By Daniel C. Vock and Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org. February 5, 2008.
 

Bush's budget would boost military spending, cut Medicare, Medicaid. Read Article
By Dave Michaels, Dallas Morning News. February 5, 2008.
 

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