Poverty Dispatch - February 28, 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:

• Food Stamp Program - Indiana, North Carolina
• Child Welfare Caseloads - Denver, CO
• Kids Count Report - Maine
• Foster Youth and Transitions to Adulthood - North Carolina
• State Spending and Medicaid - Ohio, New Hampshire
• State Children's Health Insurance Program
• Insure Missouri Plan
• Income and the Working Poor - Knoxville, TN
• Counting the Homeless
• Housing and Resources for the Homeless
• Study: Immigrants and Crime - California
• Costs of Living and Program Eligibility for Seniors - California
• Earned Income Tax Credit - Kentucky
• Payday Lending Legislation - Illinois
• High School Graduation Rates - Iowa
• Poverty as a Political Campaign Issue
• Update on Kerner Commission Report
• Report: States and Prison Populations

Today's Articles:

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Food Stamp Program - Indiana, North Carolina

Hard times drive food stamp rolls. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Devon Haynie, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. February 28, 2008.
 

Requests for food stamps surge. (NORTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Fred Kelly, Charlotte Observer. February 28, 2008.
 

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Child Welfare Caseloads - Denver, CO

Child-welfare cases drown Denver. (DENVER, CO) Read Article
By Christopher N. Osher, Denver Post. February 27, 2008.
 

Nearly 10% of child-welfare staff not fully trained. (DENVER, CO) Read Article
By Christopher N. Osher, Denver Post. February 28, 2008.
 

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Kids Count Report - Maine

Kids Count: Poverty, arrest rates high. (MAINE) Read Article
By Lindsay Tice, Sun Journal. February 28, 2008.
 

Kids, by the numbers. (MAINE) Read Article
Editorial, Bangor Daily News. February 28, 2008.
 

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Foster Youth and Transitions to Adulthood - North Carolina

What if there are no jobs or little pay? (NORTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Leslie Boyd, Asheville Citizen-Times. February 28, 2008.
 

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State Spending and Medicaid - Ohio, New Hampshire

State can't curb Medicaid. (OHIO) Read Article
By Jim Siegel, Columbus Dispatch. February 27, 2008.
 

State cuts to care for poor are pathetic. (NEW HAMPSHIRE) Read Article
Editorial, Concord Monitor. February 27, 2008.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program

Governors want kids' insurance expanded. Read Article
By Kevin Freking (Associated Press), Houston Chronicle. February 26, 2008.
 

Perdue wants insurance for kids that won't hurt Ga. (GEORGIA) Read Article
By Bob Dart, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. February 27, 2008.
 

Perdue faults SCHIP formula for shortfalls. (GEORGIA) Read Article
By Herman Wang, Chattanooga Times Free Press. February 27, 2008.
 

State gets approval to expand children’s health insurance. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By Marsha Shuler, Baton Rouge Advocate. February 28, 2008.
 

Federal rules could cut medical coverage for kids. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By Les Blumenthal, Bellingham Herald. February 26, 2008.
 

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Insure Missouri Plan

Blunt stalls insurance plan kickoff. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Jason Rosenbaum, Columbia Tribune. February 23, 2008.
 

Plan to insure working poor stalls. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Kathleen O'Dell, Springfield News-Leader. February 26, 2008.
 

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Income and the Working Poor - Knoxville, TN

Knox median income stagnant. (KNOXVILLE, TN) Read Article
By Marti Davis, Knoxville News Sentinel. February 24, 2008.
 

Hispanics making impact. (KNOXVILLE, TN) Read Article
By Marti Davis, Knoxville News Sentinel. February 25, 2008.
 

'Working poor' increase. (KNOXVILLE, TN) Read Article
By Marti Davis, Knoxville News Sentinel. February 26, 2008.
 

Health care not an option for mother of three. (KNOXVILLE, TN) Read Article
By Marti Davis, Knoxville News Sentinel. February 27, 2008.
 

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Counting the Homeless

Counting the homeless to help end their plight. Read Article
By Alison Leigh Cowan, New York Times. February 26, 2008.
 

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Housing and Resources for the Homeless

A California program aids the 'forgotten' homeless. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Frank Kosa, Christian Science Monitor. February 26, 2008.
 

S.F. homeless get free phone numbers. (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) Read Article
By Cecilia M. Vega, San Francisco Chronicle. February 28, 2008.
 

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Study: Immigrants and Crime - California

Crime rates lower for immigrants. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Julia Reynolds, Monterey Herald. February 26, 2008.
 

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Costs of Living and Program Eligibility for Seniors - California

Cost of living too costly for seniors. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Timm Herdt, Ventura County Star. February 27, 2008.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit - Kentucky

Tax credit for families proposed. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By John Stamper, Lexington Herald-Leader. February 28, 2008.
 

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Payday Lending Legislation - Illinois

Bill would widen payday loan curbs. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Becky Yerak, Chicago Tribune. February 26, 2008.
 

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High School Graduation Rates - Iowa

Graduation rate of 74% ranks D.M. 2nd-lowest in state. (IOWA) Read Article
By Megan Hawkins, Des Moines Register. February 28, 2008.
 

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Poverty as a Political Campaign Issue

Clinton to focus on poverty ahead of Ohio primary. (OHIO) Read Article
By Amy Chozick, Wall Street Journal. February 28, 2008.
 

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Update on Kerner Commission Report

Kerner Commission: Not enough progress made on poverty. Read Article
By Darren A. Nichols, Detroit News. February 28, 2008.
 

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Report: States and Prison Populations

Report: More than 1 in every 100 Americans behind bars. Read Article
By David Crary (Associated Press), Detroit News. February 28, 2008.
 

Record-high ratio of Americans in prison. Read Article
By N.C. Aizenman, Washington Post. February 28, 2008.
 

Michigan one of four states to spend more on prison than college. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By David Eggert (Associated Press), Booth Newspapers. February 28, 2008.
 

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