Poverty Dispatch - February 26, 2009

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:

• Joblessness and Unemployment
• Food Assistance Programs
• Enrollment in Public Health Insurance Programs
• State Medicaid Programs
• Homelessness and Housing
• Report: Recession Safety Net - Michigan
• Earned Income Tax Credit - Missouri
• Child Care Subsidies - Arizona
• Access to Legal Aid
• Income of the Retired and Those Near Retirement
• Recession and Aid to the World's Poor
• Cell Phones for Access to Banking
• Report: Family Planning and Abortion

Today's Articles:

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Joblessness and Unemployment

Jobless claims jump to 667K; Factory orders plunge. Read Article
By Annys Shin, Washington Post. February 26, 2009.
 

Govs split over expanding jobless benefits. Read Article
By Christine Vestal, Stateline.org. February 26, 2009.
 

Stimulus give jobless $25 raise, more benefits. Read Article
By Kathleen Pender, San Francisco Chronicle. February 26, 2009.
 

Layoffs are miserable for those who go as well as those who stay. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Shawn Doherty, Capital Times. February 26, 2009.
 

Some U.S. jobless find hope and solace as volunteers. Read Article
By Andrew Stern, MSNBC.com. February 24, 2009.
 

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Food Assistance Programs

First course of stimulus on way to dinner tables. (OREGON) Read Article
By Ruth Liao, Statesman Journal. February 24, 2009.
 

DHS adding 9 workers to food program. (RHODE ISLAND) Read Article
By Paul Davis, Providence Journal. February 24, 2009.
 

No more lunch bills: Schools go after deadbeats. (NEW MEXICO) Read Article
By Susan Montoya Bryan (Associated Press), Washington Post. February 25, 2009.
 

Food aid sign-ups flooding Mass. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By David Abel, Boston Globe. February 26, 2009.
 

More Missourians than ever sign up for food stamps. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Adam Jadhav, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. February 26, 2009.
 

Food stamps in hard times. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, New York Times. February 24, 2009.
 

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Enrollment in Public Health Insurance Programs

Study cites obstacles for poor to renew health insurance. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Julie Bosman, New York Times. February 24, 2009.
 

Recession to push more into public health coverage, analysts say. Read Article
By Tony Pugh, Kansas City Star. February 24, 2009.
 

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State Medicaid Programs

State restores Medicaid eligibility cuts. (SOUTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Liv Osby, Greenville News. February 25, 2009.
 

Kentucky, Indiana to get Medicaid money starting tomorrow. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By James R. Carroll, Louisville Courier-Journal. February 24, 2009.
 

NY leads nation in long-term care spending. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Valerie Bauman (Associated Press), USA Today. February 20, 2009.
 

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Homelessness and Housing

Santa Monica sees some progress in its battle to get the homeless off the streets. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times. February 26, 2009.
 

Number of homeless families rises sharply. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Brenda J. Buote, Boston Globe. February 22, 2009.
 

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Report: Recession Safety Net - Michigan

Study finds Mich. recession safety net inadequate. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Kathy Barks Hoffman (Associated Press), Lansing State Journal. February 25, 2009.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit - Missouri

Popular tax credit faces challenge with economy. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Adam Jadhav, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. February 24, 2009.
 

Tax refund for working poor pays bills, not vacation. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Adam Jadhav, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. February 24, 2009.
 

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Child Care Subsidies - Arizona

Subsidized care restored for 20,000 children. (ARIZONA) Read Article
By Howard Fischer, East Valley Tribune. February 25, 2009.
 

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Access to Legal Aid

Money is short but demand by poor for legal services increases. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Cara Matthews, Ithaca Journal. February 25, 2009.
 

Rescuing legal aid. (Opinion) Read Article
By Clare Pastore, Los Angeles Times. February 23, 2009.
 

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Income of the Retired and Those Near Retirement

Almost half of California seniors struggle to survive. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Karen de Sá, San Jose Mercury News. February 24, 2009.
 

Poverty pervasive for L.A.'s elderly. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Troy Anderson, Contra Costa Times. February 25, 2009.
 

Boomers - get working or go bust. Read Article
By Dave Schechter, CNN.com. February 18, 2009.
 

Funding retirement becomes more difficult for baby boomers. Read Article
By Marlena Hartz, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. February 26, 2009.
 

Congress takes up Boomer retirement woes. Read Article
By Mark Huffman, ConsumerAffairs.com. February 26, 2009.
 

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Recession and Aid to the World's Poor

Downturn to cost billions in aid to world's poor. Read Article
By Megan Rowling, Boston Globe. February 25, 2009.
 

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Cell Phones for Access to Banking

Help for poor to access banking. Read Article
BBC.com. February 20, 2009.
 

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Report: Family Planning and Abortion

Report: Taxpayer-funded family planning averts need for 800,000 abortions per year. Read Article
By David Crary (Associated Press), Chicago Tribune. February 24, 2009.
 

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