Poverty Dispatch - November 3, 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 irppubs@ssc.wisc.edu.

Today's Topics in the News:

• Increasing Need for Food Assistance
• States and Antipoverty Programs
• Home Utility Costs and Assistance - Georgia
• Foster Care Programs - Texas, Pennsylvania
• Homelessness and Housing - Hawaii, Pennsylvania
• Housing Subsidies - New York City
• State Tax Burdens and the Poor
• Job Loss and Health Insurance Coverage
• Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Kentucky
• Public Works and Energy Projects and Job Creation
• States and Recession Risks
• Workers and Retirement Savings
• Study: Link Between Television and Teenage Pregnancy

Today's Articles:

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Increasing Need for Food Assistance

Demand growing for food assistance as holidays near. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Stephanie Ebbert, Boston Globe. November 3, 2008.
 

Tough times. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Mary Warner, Patriot-News. November 3, 2008.
 

County's food-stamp participation least of 24 large metro areas. (SAN DIEGO, CA) Read Article
By Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune. November 2, 2008.
 

Demand up at food pantries in Greece, Irondequoit, elsewhere. (ROCHESTER, NY) Read Article
By Nicole Lee, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 1, 2008.
 

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States and Antipoverty Programs

'Staying afloat in tough times.' Read Article
By Jessica Legge, Times West Virginian. November 2, 2008.
 

West Virginia offers several assistance programs. (WEST VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Jessica Legge, Times West Virginian. November 2, 2008.
 

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Home Utility Costs and Assistance - Georgia

'New faces' struggle to pay utilities. (GEORGIA) Read Article
By Rachel Pomerance, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. November 3, 2008.
 

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Foster Care Programs - Texas, Pennsylvania

Funding cuts put foster-care businesses in peril. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Emily Ramshaw, Dallas Morning News. November 2, 2008.
 

Elmer Smith: For these students, a place to call home. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Elmer Smith, Philadelphia Daily News. October 31, 2008.
 

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Homelessness and Housing - Hawaii, Pennsylvania

Lessons gleaned from the collapse. (HAWAII) Read Article
By Mary Vorsino, Honolulu Advertiser. November 2, 2008.
 

From the streets to a home: Pathways to recovery. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Jennifer Lin, Philadelphia Inquirer. November 3, 2008.
 

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Housing Subsidies - New York City

U.S. vouchers to be used for 8,400 public apartments. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Manny Fernandez, New York Times. October 28, 2008.
 

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State Tax Burdens and the Poor

Study: Alabama taxes highest at poverty line. (ALABAMA) Read Article
By Phillip Rawls (Associated Press), Chicago Tribune. November 2, 2008.
 

The state's tax system redistributes wealth well, to the detriment of a great many Alabamians. (ALABAMA) Read Article
Editorial, Birmingham News. November 3, 2008.
 

Taxing the poor. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
Editorial, Hartford Business. November 3, 2008.
 

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Job Loss and Health Insurance Coverage

Lose your job, lose your insurance; workers find good health coverage options scarce. Read Article
By Tom Murphy (Associated Press), Chicago Tribune. November 3, 2008.
 

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Prescription Drug Assistance Program - Kentucky

State network will help needy get medicines. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Deborah Yetter, Louisville Courier-Journal. November 1, 2008.
 

State to help residents apply for prescription-assistance programs. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Beth Musgrave, Lexington Herald-Leader. November 1, 2008.
 

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Public Works and Energy Projects and Job Creation

Public works projects promoted at hearing. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. October 29, 2008.
 

Hoping for a green renewal, Mich. city will turn sewage to fuel. (FLINT, MI) Read Article
By Kari Lydersen, Washington Post. November 2, 2008.
 

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States and Recession Risks

Recession nation: 49 states at risk. Read Article
By Scott Mayerowitz, ABC News. November 3, 2008.
 

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Workers and Retirement Savings

Boomer fears rise as market falls. Read Article
By William Neikirk, Chicago Tribune. November 1, 2008.
 

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Study: Link Between Television and Teenage Pregnancy

Study first to link TV sex to real teen pregnancies. Read Article
By Rob Stein, Washington Post. November 3, 2008.
 

Study is first to link TV sex to teen parenthood. Read Article
By Greg Toppo, USA Today. November 3, 2008.
 

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