Poverty Dispatch - July 10, 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:

• Medicaid Funding - Mississippi, Hawaii
• Public Assistance Delays - Indiana, Milwaukee, WI
• School Lunch Programs and Summer Food Assistance
• Homeless Veterans Housing Bill
• Home Foreclosures and Children
• Teenage Pregnancy - Mississippi
• Home Energy Assistance - Northeast
• Editorial: Fuel Poverty
• Seniors, Costs of Living, and Poverty - Wisconsin
• High Prison Rates and Costs - Phoenix, AZ
• 2010 Census and Assistance Programs

Today's Articles:

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Medicaid Funding - Mississippi, Hawaii

Gov., House sticking to guns on Medicaid. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Robert Lee Long and Cynthia Bullion, DeSoto Times. July 10, 2008.
 

Judge's ruling could affect Medicaid impasse. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Bobby Harrison, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. July 10, 2008.
 

Medicaid pay fails to satisfy doctors. (HAWAII) Read Article
By Helen Altonn, Honolulu Star Bulletin. July 10, 2008.
 

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Public Assistance Delays - Indiana, Milwaukee, WI

Social program sites go offline. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Niki Kelly, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. July 10, 2008.
 

Child support payments stalled by crash resume. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Ken Kusmer (Associated Press), Chicago Tribune. July 10, 2008.
 

Agency sues over aid logjam. (MILWAUKEE, WI) Read Article
By Ellen Gabler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 7, 2008.
 

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School Lunch Programs and Summer Food Assistance

Eligible children not getting free school meals. (MARYLAND) Read Article
Associated Press, The Examiner. July 8, 2008.
 

Summer brings hunger in suburbs. (PHILADELPHIA, PA) Read Article
By Alfred Lubrano, Philadelphia Inquirer. July 9, 2008.
 

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Homeless Veterans Housing Bill

House OKs homeless veterans bill amid veto threat. Read Article
By Suzanne Gamboa (Associated Press), Orlando Sentinel. July 9, 2008.
 

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Home Foreclosures and Children

Foreclosures' financial strains take toll on kids. Read Article
By Stephanie Armour, USA Today. July 8, 2008.
 

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Teenage Pregnancy - Mississippi

Teen pregnancy: Number on the rise in Warren County. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Lauchlin Fields, Vicksburg Post. July 6, 2008.
 

Teen pregnancy: Young parents hope - someday - to give back. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Lauchlin Fields, Vicksburg Post. July 7, 2008.
 

Teen pregnancy: Nine-times-greater-chance for parents to live in poverty. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Lauchlin Fields, Vicksburg Post. July 8, 2008.
 

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Home Energy Assistance - Northeast

N.E. leaders seek more US heating oil aid. Read Article
By Erin Ailworth, Boston Globe. July 10, 2008.
 

Govs seek winter fuel-aid hike. Read Article
By Jay Fitzgerald, Boston Herald. July 10, 2008.
 

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Editorial: Fuel Poverty

'Fuel poverty' will weigh more heavily as nation drifts on energy policy. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Allentown Morning Call. July 8, 2008.
 

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Seniors, Costs of Living, and Poverty - Wisconsin

Report: Many elders can't cover basic needs. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Dean Mosiman, Wisconsin State Journal. July 9, 2008.
 

Index shows local seniors often can't cover basic expenses. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Judith Davidoff, Capital Times. July 9, 2008.
 

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High Prison Rates and Costs - Phoenix, AZ

Communities pay for high prison rate. (PHOENIX, AZ) Read Article
By Gary Fields, Wall Street Journal. July 10, 2008.
 

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2010 Census and Assistance Programs

Census switch worries some. Read Article
By N.C. Aizenman, Washington Post. July 8, 2008.
 

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