Poverty Dispatch - April 24, 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:

• Federal Medicaid Rule Changes
• Funding for Medicaid Programs - Florida
• Children's Health Care Coverage - Ohio, Indiana
• Report: Child Poverty and Brain Development - North Carolina
• Homelessness and Housing First - Las Vegas, NV
• Utility Shut-offs and Assistance Programs - Minnesota
• Food Assistance Programs
• State Minimum Wages - Missouri, Connecticut
• State Budget and Spending on Prisons - California
• Effect of Divorce on Mothers' Income
• Home Foreclosures and Renters
• No Child Left Behind and Calculating Graduation Rates
• States' Student Loan Programs

Today's Articles:

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Federal Medicaid Rule Changes

House challenges administration on Medicaid rules. Read Article
By Jim Abrams (Associated Press), Washington Post. April 23, 2008.
 

House blocks Bush's plans. Read Article
By Katy Human, Denver Post. April 24, 2008.
 

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Funding for Medicaid Programs - Florida

2 state health programs kept alive by cash infusion. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By John Kennedy, South Florida Sun-Sentinel. April 23, 2008.
 

Tobacco fund tapped for social services. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Mary Ellen Klas and Marc Caputo, Miami Herald. April 23, 2008.
 

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Children's Health Care Coverage - Ohio, Indiana

Kids go uninsured in eligibility gap. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky, Columbus Dispatch. April 22, 2008.
 

FSSA chief expects expanded Hoosier Healthwise by Oct. 1. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Ken Kusmer (Associated Press), Chicago Tribune. April 21, 2008.
 

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Report: Child Poverty and Brain Development - North Carolina

Poverty may impair growth of brain. (NORTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Lex Alexander, Greensboro News-Record. April 22, 2008.
 

Report: Poverty negatively affects 20 percent of North Carolina children. (NORTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Leslie Boyd, Asheville Citizen-Times. April 22, 2008.
 

The high toll of poverty. (NORTH CAROLINA) Read Article
Editorial, Salisbury Post. April 23, 2008.
 

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Homelessness and Housing First - Las Vegas, NV

First things first: For homeless, a home. (LAS VEGAS, NV) Read Article
By Timothy Pratt, Las Vegas Sun. April 22, 2008.
 

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Utility Shut-offs and Assistance Programs - Minnesota

Utilities get tougher on those who fall behind. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By H.J. Cummins, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. April 22, 2008.
 

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Food Assistance Programs

Having trouble making ends meet. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Marion Callahan, Allentown Morning Call. April 22, 2008.
 

Food program for poor seniors faces cutbacks. Read Article
By C.W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle. April 22, 2008.
 

Food for America's famished. (Commentary) Read Article
Editorial, Christian Science Monitor. April 22, 2008.
 

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State Minimum Wages - Missouri, Connecticut

House backs minimum wage change. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Chris Blank (Associated Press), Springfield News-Leader. April 23, 2008.
 

House votes to hike minimum wage. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Ken Dixon, Connecticut Post. April 22, 2008.
 

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State Budget and Spending on Prisons - California

California pays rising price for prison growth. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Daniel B. Wood, Christian Science Monitor. April 22, 2008.
 

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Effect of Divorce on Mothers' Income

Single Parenting: Some richer, some poorer. (Opinion) Read Article
By Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. April 24, 2008.
 

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Home Foreclosures and Renters

Renters can't escape housing foreclosure crisis. Read Article
By Stephanie Armour, USA Today. April 21, 2008.
 

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No Child Left Behind and Calculating Graduation Rates

School reform pushed: U.S. education secretary visits Detroit to reveal plan. Read Article
By Karen Bouffard, Detroit News. April 23, 2008.
 

Bush administration issues new rules for signature education law. Read Article
By Nancy Zuckerbrod (Associated Press), Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. April 21, 2008.
 

US pushes states to count graduation rates the same. Read Article
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor. April 24, 2008.
 

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States' Student Loan Programs

Credit crunch hits states' college loans. Read Article
By Pauline Vu, Stateline.org. April 23, 2008.
 

Student loan plan dropped. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Mike Wilkinson and Oralandar Brand-Williams, Detroit News. April 24, 2008.
 

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