Poverty Dispatch - March 10, 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
• Medicaid Reimbursement Rates - Illinois
• Oregon Health Care Plan
• Child Welfare Program - Colorado
• Food Stamp Program - Michigan
• Increasing Need for Food Assistance
• People Living in Poverty - Nevada, South Carolina, California, Tennessee
• Minorities, Subprime Loans, and Home Foreclosures - Richmond, VA
• Home Foreclosures and Renters - Florida, Arizona
• Energy Assistance and Increasing Need - Detroit, MI
• Paid Sick Leave - Ohio, Washington DC
• Earned Income Tax Credit - Michigan, Washington
• Youth Justice and Corrections - Missouri
• Community Colleges and Student Preparation - Iowa
• States and Spending on Higher Education
• Payday Lending Legislation - Virginia
• Prescription Drug Card - Tennessee

Today's Articles:

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States and Medicaid Cuts

State cuts would hit Medicaid coverage to poor Mainers. (MAINE) Read Article
By Paul Carrier, Morning Sentinel. March 10, 2008.
 

Health care leaders worry about proposed Medicaid rule changes. Read Article
By Barbara Barrett, Kansas City Star. March 9, 2008.
 

Hospitals warn of fiscal trouble. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Raju Chebium, Courier-Post. March 10, 2008.
 

Medicaid cuts could cost state millions. (DELAWARE) Read Article
By Nicole Gaudiano, Wilmington News Journal. March 9, 2008.
 

$500 million budget cut receives Florida Senate approval. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By John Kennedy, South Florida Sun-Sentinel. March 7, 2008.
 

Budget ills threaten clinics. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By E.J. Schultz, Fresno Bee. March 7, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Reimbursement Rates - Illinois

Kids' doctors call for boost in Medicaid reimbursement. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Robert Mitchum, Chicago Tribune. March 10, 2008.
 

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Oregon Health Care Plan

In Oregon, healthcare for the lucky. (OREGON) Read Article
By Stuart Glascock, Los Angeles Times. March 10, 2008.
 

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Child Welfare Program - Colorado

Report cites confusion on child-welfare rules. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Christopher N. Osher, Denver Post. March 7, 2008.
 

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Food Stamp Program - Michigan

Michigan may be first state to issue food stamps twice a month. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By David Eggert (Associated Press), Detroit News. March 9, 2008.
 

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Increasing Need for Food Assistance

Rising food prices pinching low-income people and food banks. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Andrea Ball, Austin American-Statesman. March 10, 2008.
 

Food pantry use surges. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Donna Goodison, Boston Herald. March 10, 2008.
 

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People Living in Poverty - Nevada, South Carolina, California, Tennessee

The faces of poverty: Life on the bottom rung. (LAS VEGAS, NV) Read Article
By Corey Levitan, Las Vegas Review-Journal. March 9, 2008.
 

Single-parent moms struggling to make it. (SOUTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Linda Conley, Spartanburg Herald-Journal. March 9, 2008.
 

'I live for them, nothing more.' (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Sarah Arnquist, San Luis Obispo Tribune. March 10, 2008.
 

One stumble from despair. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Sarah Arnquist, San Luis Obispo Tribune. March 9, 2008.
 

Hardly the golden years. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Sarah Arnquist, San Luis Obispo Tribune. March 10, 2008.
 

Low-income seniors find public help hard to get. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Troy Anderson, Los Angeles Daily News. March 9, 2008.
 

None of us immune to effects of poverty rates in the state. (TENNESSEE) Read Article
Editorial, The Tennessean. March 10, 2008.
 

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Minorities, Subprime Loans, and Home Foreclosures - Richmond, VA

A racial bias in subprime loans? (RICHMOND, VA) Read Article
By Robin Farmer, Sean Mussenden, and Bertrand M. Gutierrez, Richmond Times-Dispatch. March 9, 2008.
 

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Home Foreclosures and Renters - Florida, Arizona

Tenants: Be aware of landlords facing foreclosure. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Scott Andron, Miami Herald. March 10, 2008.
 

Foreclosure overshadows lives of renters, owners. (ARIZONA) Read Article
By Ryan Randazzo, Arizona Republic. March 5, 2008.
 

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Energy Assistance and Increasing Need - Detroit, MI

More seek help with heating bills. (DETROIT, MI) Read Article
Jennifer Youssef and Nathan Hurst, Detroit News. March 10, 2008.
 

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Paid Sick Leave - Ohio, Washington DC

Sick-day proposal popular. (OHIO) Read Article
By Darrel Rowland, Columbus Dispatch. March 10, 2008.
 

Council approves sick leave in District. (WASHINGTON DC) Read Article
By Nikita Stewart, Washington Post. March 5, 2008.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit - Michigan, Washington

Hard times mean more qualify for tax credit. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Rick Haglund, Grand Rapids Press. March 10, 2008.
 

Poor state residents could get tax credit. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By Brian Slodysko, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. March 7, 2008.
 

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Youth Justice and Corrections - Missouri

States adopt Missouri youth justice model. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Christine Vestal, Stateline.org. March 7, 2008.
 

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Community Colleges and Student Preparation - Iowa

Ill-prepared students flood Iowa community colleges. (IOWA) Read Article
By Lisa Rossi, Des Moines Register. March 10, 2008.
 

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States and Spending on Higher Education

States balk at higher-ed mandate. Read Article
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor. March 10, 2008.
 

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Payday Lending Legislation - Virginia

Restrictions on payday lending pass; industry says the rules are too tough. (VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Hugh Lessig, Daily Press. March 7, 2008.
 

General Assembly passes payday lending restrictions. (VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Jen McCaffery, Julian Walker, and Richard Quinn, Virginian-Pilot. March 7, 2008.
 

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Prescription Drug Card - Tennessee

With Tennessee's new discount drug card, uninsured, under-insured save on prescriptions. (TENNESSEE) Read Article
By Tracie Simer, Jackson Sun. March 10, 2008.
 

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