Poverty Dispatch - April 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:

• Privatization of Social Services - Texas
• State Budgets and Spending on Social Programs
• Homeless School Children - Detroit, MI
• Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting System - Hawaii
• Foster Children and Health Records - Texas
• Medicaid and Children's Dental Care - Florida
• Food Stamp Program Enrollment - Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, California
• Grocery Price Disparities and the Low-income - Denver, CO
• Earned Income Tax Credit - Connecticut, Colorado
• Low-income Student Achievement in Wealthy Schools - California
• Paid Family Leave - New Jersey, California
• Low-income Housing and Innovative Design
• States and Managing Prison Populations
• States and Mortgage Aid Programs

Today's Articles:

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Privatization of Social Services - Texas

State's welfare privatization efforts snagged. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Robert T. Garrett, Dallas Morning News. April 7, 2008.
 

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State Budgets and Spending on Social Programs

Hawaii lawmakers dispute welfare funding. (HAWAII) Read Article
By Derrick DePledge, Honolulu Advertiser. April 7, 2008.
 

Cuts could imperil kids. (HAWAII) Read Article
By Helen Altonn, Honolulu Star Bulletin. April 7, 2008.
 

Advocates for children raise alarm. (RHODE ISLAND) Read Article
By Jennifer D. Jordan, Providence Journal. April 7, 2008.
 

Homeless, disabled could lose welfare. (UTAH) Read Article
By James Thalman, Deseret Morning News. April 7, 2008.
 

For the poor, tough times could get tougher. (NEVADA) Read Article
By Timothy Pratt, Las Vegas Sun. April 6, 2008.
 

House, Senate divided over Medicaid funding. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By John Mott Coffey, Commercial Dispatch. April 5, 2008.
 

Medicaid plan still up in air. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Tim Doherty, Hattiesburg American. April 7, 2008.
 

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Homeless School Children - Detroit, MI

Metro Detroit schools coping with surge of homeless children. (DETROIT, MI) Read Article
By Karen Bouffard, Detroit News. April 7, 2008.
 

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Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting System - Hawaii

System divides cases according to their peril. (HAWAII) Read Article
By Helen Altonn, Honolulu Star Bulletin. April 7, 2008.
 

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Foster Children and Health Records - Texas

Foster children get electronic health "passport." (TEXAS) Read Article
By Corrie MacLaggan, Austin American-Statesman. April 6, 2008.
 

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Medicaid and Children's Dental Care - Florida

Fla. budget problem: how to make sure poor kids can see a dentist. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By David Royse (Associated Press), Miami Herald. April 5, 2008.
 

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Food Stamp Program Enrollment - Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, California

Demand for food stamps 'very close' to record. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Craig Smith, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. April 7, 2008.
 

Rising food costs eat into aid, Reading residents find. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Mike Urban, Reading Eagle. April 7, 2008.
 

More get food stamps: Economic downturn has spurred more applicants to seek assistance. (NEW HAMPSHIRE) Read Article
By Adam D. Krause, Foster's Daily Democrat. April 4, 2008.
 

Food stamps usage climbs. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Andrea Koskey, Appeal Democrat. April 7, 2008.
 

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Grocery Price Disparities and the Low-income - Denver, CO

Price disparity in groceries. (DENVER, CO) Read Article
By David Migoya, Denver Post. April 6, 2008.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit - Connecticut, Colorado

Attempts fail to kill proposal for tax credit for working poor. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Brian Lockhart, Stamford Advocate. April 2, 2008.
 

Measure to restore state's Earned Income Tax Credit dies in committee. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Perry Swanson, Colorado Springs Gazette. April 2, 2008.
 

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Low-income Student Achievement in Wealthy Schools - California

Poor students do better in wealthier schools, test scores show. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Stacy Brandt, North County Times. April 6, 2008.
 

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Paid Family Leave - New Jersey, California

Lawmakers approve paid leave for workers caring for relatives. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Tom Hester Jr. (Associated Press), Newsday. April 7, 2008.
 

N.J. family leave law gets final approval. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Adrienne Lu, Philadelphia Inquirer. April 7, 2008.
 

Sick leave bill to get California Assembly hearing. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Steve Lawrence (Associated Press), San Jose Mercury News. April 7, 2008.
 

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Low-income Housing and Innovative Design

A new model in low-income housing. Read Article
By Ben Casselman, Chicago Daily Herald. April 6, 2008.
 

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States and Managing Prison Populations

States: Freed inmates would save millions. Read Article
Associated Press, USA Today. April 3, 2008.
 

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States and Mortgage Aid Programs

States move fast on mortgage aid. Read Article
By Ruth Simon and Amy Merrick, Wall Streeet Journal. April 4, 2008.
 

States mortgage relief programs aren't helping much. Read Article
By Ruth Simon, Wall Streeet Journal. April 5, 2008.
 

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