Poverty Dispatch - May 5, 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 TANF Enrollment
• Antipoverty Programs - Ithaca, NY
• Increased Need for Food and Energy Assistance
• Study: SCHIP Enrollment and Unmet Health Needs
• People Living in Poverty - El Paso, TX
• Foster Youth and Transitions to Adulthood - Oregon
• State Budgets and Prison Costs
• Home Foreclosures and Wealth of Black Families
• Editorials: States and Federal Medicaid Rules
• High School Dropout Prevention
• Low-income Workers and Car Insurance Rates
• State Minimum Wage - Minnesota
• Paid Family Leave - New Jersey
• Poverty Measurement
• Unemployment and Underemployment

Today's Articles:

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States and TANF Enrollment

States' welfare caseloads starting to rise. Read Article
By Richard Wolf, USA Today. May 4, 2008.
 

Soaring costs for gas, food may strain welfare reform. (OHIO) Read Article
By Rita Price, Columbus Dispatch. May 5, 2008.
 

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Antipoverty Programs - Ithaca, NY

Finding a path out of poverty. (ITHACA, NY) Read Article
By Krisy Gashler, Ithaca Journal. May 3, 2008.
 

Education helps break the generational cycle of poverty. (ITHACA, NY) Read Article
By Topher Sanders, Ithaca Journal. May 3, 2008.
 

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Increased Need for Food and Energy Assistance

As the price of food rises, more Ozarkers seek help. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Amos Bridges, Springfield News-Leader. May 3, 2008.
 

More And more families turning to food stamps. (VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Mac McLean, Bristol Herald Courier. May 3, 2008.
 

Utilities harder to pay. (NEVADA) Read Article
By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal. May 5, 2008.
 

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Study: SCHIP Enrollment and Unmet Health Needs

Federal health plan for children still leaves needs unmet. Read Article
Washington Post. May 5, 2008.
 

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People Living in Poverty - El Paso, TX

Special Report: $14 a day one year later. (EL PASO, TX) Read Article
By Ramon Bracamontes, El Paso Times. May 4, 2008.
 

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Foster Youth and Transitions to Adulthood - Oregon

Fostered teens need transition help. (OREGON) Read Article
By Sanne Specht, Mail Tribune. May 5, 2008.
 

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State Budgets and Prison Costs

Fiscal pressures lead some states to free inmates early. Read Article
By Keith B. Richburg and Ashley Surdin, Washington Post. May 5, 2008.
 

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Home Foreclosures and Wealth of Black Families

Foreclosure crisis hits hard in black communities. Read Article
By Jeff Kunerth, Orlando Sentinel. May 4, 2008.
 

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Editorials: States and Federal Medicaid Rules

Medicaid cuts only shift costs to states. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, San Antonio Express-News. May 2, 2008.
 

Unhealthy cuts. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Baltimore Sun. May 2, 2008.
 

It's no time to be cutting Medicaid. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, The Oregonian. May 2, 2008.
 

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High School Dropout Prevention

A doorway back. (PHILADELPHIA, PA) Read Article
By Rita Giordano, Philadelphia Inquirer. May 4, 2008.
 

Dropouts continue, haunting classmates. (PHILADELPHIA, PA) Read Article
By Rita Giordano, Philadelphia Inquirer. May 5, 2008.
 

Newark trying to keep kids in school. (NEWARK, OH) Read Article
By Josh Jarman, Columbus Dispatch. May 4, 2008.
 

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Low-income Workers and Car Insurance Rates

Lower income can mean higher rates. Read Article
By Gary Haber, Wilmington News Journal. May 4, 2008.
 

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State Minimum Wage - Minnesota

Minimum wage hike gets Minn. House's approval, but Pawlenty has objections. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Martiga Lohn (Associated Press), Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. May 1, 2008.
 

Pawlenty chides minimum wage bill. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Bob Von Sternberg, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. May 1, 2008.
 

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Paid Family Leave - New Jersey

Gov. Corzine signs Paid Family Leave Act. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Susan K. Livio, Star-Ledger. May 2, 2008.
 

N.J. becomes 3rd state to pass paid family leave law. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Trish G. Graber, Today's Sunbeam. May 3, 2008.
 

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Poverty Measurement

Research group questions how U.S. measures poverty. Read Article
By Megha Satyanarayana, Sun Herald. May 4, 2008.
 

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Unemployment and Underemployment

'Underemployed' not always counted. Read Article
By Stacey Burling, Philadelphia Inquirer. May 3, 2008.
 

Helping the unemployed. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, New York Times. May 5, 2008.
 

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