Poverty Dispatch - April 17, 2008

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Today's Topics in the News:

• Report: People Living in Poverty - Illinois
• Child Welfare Programs - Oklahoma, Colorado, New Jersey
• States and Federal Medicaid Rule Changes
• State Medicaid Funding - Florida, Mississippi
• Report: State Homeless Populations - Arkansas
• Home Foreclosures and Renters
• States and Home Foreclosure Solutions
• States' Earned Income Tax Credits
• Low-wage Workers and Retirement Savings
• Column: TANF Work Requirements and Community Service
• Opinion: TANF Mothers and Health
• The Working Poor - Lawrence, MA
• State Budget and Prison Costs - Michigan
• High School Graduates and Preparation for College - Massachusetts
• Study: Subprime Lending and Race - Colorado
• Payday Lending Legislation - Ohio, Virginia
• Study: Marriage Promotion as Policy

Today's Articles:

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Report: People Living in Poverty - Illinois

Poverty up in suburbs, down in city. (CHICAGO, IL) Read Article
By Duaa Eldeib, Southtown Star. April 16, 2008.
 

Poverty in the suburbs. (CHICAGO, IL) Read Article
By Emily Krone, Daily Herald. April 16, 2008.
 

Report: Poverty a threat to region. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Becky Malkovich, The Southern. April 16, 2008.
 

'I really thought I could make it.' (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Geri Nikolai, Rockford Register Star. April 15, 2008.
 

Knox County poverty among most severe in state. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Matt Hutton, Galesburg Register-Mail. April 16, 2008.
 

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Child Welfare Programs - Oklahoma, Colorado, New Jersey

Bleak stories follow a lawsuit on Oklahoma foster care. (OKLAHOMA) Read Article
By Erik Eckholm, New York Times. April 16, 2008.
 

Quick responses at Capitol. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Christopher N. Osher, Denver Post. April 16, 2008.
 

Gains in child welfare threatened by budget cuts, report says. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Susan K. Livio, Star-Ledger. April 16, 2008.
 

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States and Federal Medicaid Rule Changes

Medicaid changes could cost Michigan. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press. April 16, 2008.
 

Committee brushes aside Bush veto threat. Read Article
By Kevin Freking (Associated Press), Los Angeles Times. April 16, 2008.
 

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State Medicaid Funding - Florida, Mississippi

Florida hospitals cringe at proposed cuts to Medicaid. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Lisa Greene, St. Petersburg Times. April 15, 2008.
 

Medicaid funding solution reached. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Bobby Harrison, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. April 17, 2008.
 

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Report: State Homeless Populations - Arkansas

State tops HUD homeless list. (ARKANSAS) Read Article
By Kristin Netterstrom, Detroit News. April 15, 2008.
 

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Home Foreclosures and Renters

Even renters aren’t safe. Read Article
By Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times. April 13, 2008.
 

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States and Home Foreclosure Solutions

Foreclosures push states to try a mix of solutions. Read Article
By John Leland, New York Times. April 16, 2008.
 

States tackle foreclosures in absence of federal help. Read Article
By Dina ElBoghdady and Renae Merle, Washington Post. April 16, 2008.
 

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States' Earned Income Tax Credits

More states give tax credits to working poor. Read Article
By Christine Vestal, Stateline.org. April 16, 2008.
 

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Low-wage Workers and Retirement Savings

An IRA for the rest of us. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times. April 14, 2008.
 

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Column: TANF Work Requirements and Community Service

A war on community service. (Column) Read Article
By Noah Zatz, Washington Post. April 12, 2008.
 

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Opinion: TANF Mothers and Health

We must build up health of welfare mothers. (Opinion) Read Article
By Muriel Rice and Mona Wicks, Memphis Commercial Appeal. April 17, 2008.
 

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The Working Poor - Lawrence, MA

Working. And still poor. Read Article
By Charles P. Pierce, Boston Globe Sunday Magazine. April 13, 2008.
 

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State Budget and Prison Costs - Michigan

Bulging prisons drain Michigan's budget. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Charlie Cain and Gary Heinlein, Detroit News. April 14, 2008.
 

State seeks ways to control prison costs. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Gary Heinlein and Charlie Cain, Detroit News. April 15, 2008.
 

Mentally ill inmates cost $400M year. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Gary Heinlein, Detroit News. April 15, 2008.
 

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High School Graduates and Preparation for College - Massachusetts

Many Mass. graduates unprepared in college. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Peter Schworm, Boston Globe. April 16, 2008.
 

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Study: Subprime Lending and Race - Colorado

Minorities more likely to get subprime loans. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Ed Sealover, Colorado Springs Gazette. April 14, 2008.
 

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Payday Lending Legislation - Ohio, Virginia

Senate takes up payday-loan issue. (OHIO) Read Article
By Jim Siegel, Columbus Dispatch. April 15, 2008.
 

Kaine tweaks payday-lending reform legislation. (VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Hugh Lessig, Daily Press. April 15, 2008.
 

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Study: Marriage Promotion as Policy

Study: "Family fragmentation" costs $112B. Read Article
By David Crary (Associated Press), Seattle Times. April 15, 2008.
 

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