Poverty Dispatch - March 20, 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 Enrollment - North Carolina
• Emergency Rental Assistance Program - Washington, D.C.
• States and Medicaid Cuts - Florida, Colorado
• State Children's Health Insurance Program - Montana
• State Health Insurance Plans - New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Iowa
• The Elderly Homeless - Los Angeles, CA
• Report on the Working Poor - Colorado
• Working Families and Food Prices
• Census Data on Working Parents
• Earned Income Tax Credit - Colorado
• State Budgets and Spending
• No Child Left Behind and Accountability Ratings
• Calculating States' Graduation Rates
• Students and the College Application Process
• Prisoner Re-entry - Ohio
• Opinion: Paid Sick Leave - Maine
• Editorial: Adult Education and Workforce Development - Maryland
• Opinions: Payday Lending and Car Title Loans

Today's Articles:

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Food Stamp Enrollment - North Carolina

Wanted: food stamp applicants. (NORTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Mandy Locke, News and Observer. March 18, 2008.
 

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Emergency Rental Assistance Program - Washington, D.C.

Emergency rent funds go fast. (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Read Article
By Sylvia Moreno, Washington Post. March 19, 2008.
 

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States and Medicaid Cuts - Florida, Colorado

Prognosis not healthy for Florida health care. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Steve Reilly, Sun-Herald. March 19, 2008.
 

Medicaid cuts hotly disputed. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Berny Morson, Rocky Mountain News. March 20, 2008.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program - Montana

Kids' health measure would cost $20M a year. (MONTANA) Read Article
By Mike Dennison, Billings Gazette. March 18, 2008.
 

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State Health Insurance Plans - New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Iowa

New Jersey to consider health plan to cover all. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By David W. Chen, New York Times. March 18, 2008.
 

New Jersey aims for health insurance for all by 2011. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Tom Hester Jr. (Associated Press), Newsday. March 17, 2008.
 

A proposal to insure everyone. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Susan K. Livio, Star-Ledger. March 18, 2008.
 

A proposal to insure everyone. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Mark Scolforo (Associated Press), Philadelphia Inquirer. March 18, 2008.
 

Subsidized-insurance plan advances. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By David Wenner, Patriot-News. March 18, 2008.
 

Health reform bill seeks to cover all Iowa children. (IOWA) Read Article
By Tony Leys, Des Moines Register. March 20, 2008.
 

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The Elderly Homeless - Los Angeles, CA

Number of elderly homeless in L.A. is growing. (LOS ANGELES, CA) Read Article
By Cara Mia DiMassa, Los Angeles Times. March 20, 2008.
 

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Report on the Working Poor - Colorado

Working poor slipping. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Perry Swanson, Colorado Springs Gazette. March 20, 2008.
 

1 in 5 in state can't get by. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Elizabeth Aguilera, Denver Post. March 20, 2008.
 

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Working Families and Food Prices

Rising food prices hit families on a budget. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Sara Steffens, Inside Bay Area. March 19, 2008.
 

No spring break at food shelves. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By John Ewoldt, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. March 19, 2008.
 

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Census Data on Working Parents

Dakotas lead in working parents. Read Article
By Kim Winnegge, The Forum. March 19, 2008.
 

S.D. first in multiple income homes. Read Article
By Melanie Brandert, Argus Leader. March 19, 2008.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit - Colorado

Tax credit on uphill road. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Jason Kosena, Coloradoan. March 18, 2008.
 

Funding source not sufficient for income credits. (COLORADO) Read Article
Editorial, Coloradoan. March 19, 2008.
 

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State Budgets and Spending

Budget woes hit home. Read Article
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org. March 19, 2008.
 

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No Child Left Behind and Accountability Ratings

Schools to catch a break on No Child standards. Read Article
By Stephanie Banchero, Chicago Tribune. March 19, 2008.
 

Plan gives federal No Child law more flexibility. Read Article
By James Walsh, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. March 19, 2008.
 

U.S. eases ‘No Child’ Law as applied to some states. Read Article
By Sam Dillon, New York Times. March 19, 2008.
 

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Calculating States' Graduation Rates

States’ data obscure how few finish high school. Read Article
By Sam Dillon, New York Times. March 20, 2008.
 

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Students and the College Application Process

Why good students don't reach college. Read Article
By Amanda Paulson, Christian Science Monitor. March 19, 2008.
 

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Prisoner Re-entry - Ohio

Faith groups to help inmates being released from state prisons. (OHIO) Read Article
By John McCarthy (Associated Press), Toledo Blade. March 18, 2008.
 

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Opinion: Paid Sick Leave - Maine

Paid sick days a workplace standard for all. (MAINE) Read Article
By Sarah Standiford, Bangor Daily News. March 19, 2008.
 

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Editorial: Adult Education and Workforce Development - Maryland

Educating Adults. (MARYLAND) Read Article
Editorial, Washington Post. March 18, 2008.
 

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Opinions: Payday Lending and Car Title Loans

State can't afford subprime answer on payday loans. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Greg Hinz, Chicago Business News. March 19, 2008.
 

Cap interest rates on car-title lenders. (IOWA) Read Article
Editorial, Dubuque Telegraph Herald. March 19, 2008.
 

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