Poverty Dispatch - February 25, 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 Federal Medicaid Rules
• Medicaid Reimbursement Rates - Georgia, New Hampshire
• State Budget and Cuts to Social Services - Maine
• Jobs and the Working Poor - Muskegon, MI
• Health Care Costs and the Working Poor - Fort Worth, TX
• The Rural Poor and Dental Care
• Food Assistance and the Farm Bill
• Mapping Hunger and Food Insecurity - Missouri
• Cities and Homeless Initiatives - Denver, Seattle, Philadelphia, Sarasota
• Early Childhood Education - Tennessee
• High School Dropout Rates - Chicago, Detroit
• Payday Lending Legislation - Minnesota

Today's Articles:

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States and Federal Medicaid Rules

Governors of both parties oppose Medicaid rules. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. February 24, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Reimbursement Rates - Georgia, New Hampshire

Health care providers concerned by Medicaid. (GEORGIA) Read Article
By Dave Williams, Albany Herald. February 25, 2008.
 

Medicaid patients facing tough times. (NEW HAMPSHIRE) Read Article
By Chloe Johnson, Foster's Daily Democrat. February 24, 2008.
 

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State Budget and Cuts to Social Services - Maine

Social services facing budget ax. (MAINE) Read Article
By Josie Huang, Kennebec Journal. February 24, 2008.
 

Official offers plan to cut $34M in social services. (MAINE) Read Article
By Susan M. Cover, Morning Sentinel. February 22, 2008.
 

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Jobs and the Working Poor - Muskegon, MI

What if there are no jobs or little pay? (MUSKEGON, MI) Read Article
By Jeff Alexander, Muskegon Chronicle. February 23, 2008.
 

Hard economic times prevail as manufacturing jobs shrink. (MUSKEGON, MI) Read Article
By Dave Alexander, Muskegon Chronicle. February 24, 2008.
 

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Health Care Costs and the Working Poor - Fort Worth, TX

'I work sick all the time.' (FORT WORTH, TX) Read Article
Fort Worth Star-Telegram. February 24, 2008.
 

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The Rural Poor and Dental Care

Dentist of the back roads. Read Article
By Mary Otto, Washington Post. February 23, 2008.
 

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Food Assistance and the Farm Bill

Food banks look to Farm Bill to stock up. Read Article
By Daniel Malloy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. February 24, 2008.
 

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Mapping Hunger and Food Insecurity - Missouri

Increasing number of Missourians going hungry, study finds. (MISSOURI) Read Article
Columbia News Tribune. February 22, 2008.
 

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Cities and Homeless Initiatives - Denver, Seattle, Philadelphia, Sarasota

Denver building on new ideas for helping homeless. (DENVER, CO) Read Article
By Christopher N. Osher, The Denver Post. February 24, 2008.
 

Seattle offers a place for homeless to call home - even to drink. (SEATTLE, WA) Read Article
By Joseph A. Slobodzian, Philadelphia Inquirer. February 25, 2008.
 

Two sides of the street. (PHILADELPHIA, PA) Read Article
By Jennifer Lin and Joseph A. Slobodzian, Philadelphia Inquirer. February 21, 2008.
 

The new mandate: First, find them a home. (PHILADELPHIA, PA) Read Article
By Jennifer Lin and Joseph A. Slobodzian, Philadelphia Inquirer. February 25, 2008.
 

Jailing homeless expensive. (SARASOTA, FL) Read Article
By Todd Ruger, Sarasota Herald-Tribune. February 25, 2008.
 

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Early Childhood Education - Tennessee

State Pre-K program leads pack, but study results are mixed. (TENNESSEE) Read Article
By Natalia Mielczarek, The Tennessean. February 24, 2008.
 

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High School Dropout Rates - Chicago, Detroit

Chicago Public Schools hopes to solve dropout problem. (CHICAGO, IL) Read Article
By Carlos Sadovi, Chicago Tribune. February 25, 2008.
 

Commentary: Let Detroit's graduation facade fall. (DETROIT, MI) Read Article
By Amber Arellano, Detroit News. February 25, 2008.
 

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Payday Lending Legislation - Minnesota

Legislators seek to curtail 'payday lending' practices. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By H.J. Cummins, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. February 23, 2008.
 

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