Poverty Dispatch - April 26, 2007

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:

• Report: Nationwide Poverty Reduction Plan
• New York City Antipoverty Plan
• Evaluating Privatization of Social Services - Texas
• Kansas Kids Count Report
• Medicaid Eligibility and Funding - Michigan, Ohio, Mississippi, New Jersey
• States and Covering the Uninsured
• Foster Care and Family Placements - Kentucky
• Paid Family Leave - New Jersey
• Prison Overcrowding and Out-of-state Transfers
• Housing and Single Mothers in College
• Home Foreclosures
• No Child Left Behind
• Editorial: Teenage Pregnancy - Milwaukee, WI
• State Minimum Wages - Ohio, New Hampshire

Today's Articles:

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Report: Nationwide Poverty Reduction Plan

Group proposes detailed plan to reduce poverty by half. Read Article
By Erik Eckholm, New York Times. April 25, 2007.
 

A plan to cut poverty in half. Read Article
By Mark Greenberg and Elisa Minoff, Washington Post. April 26, 2007.
 

Poverty, the bugbear of American politics. Read Article
By Daniel Schorr, National Public Radio. April 25, 2007.
 

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New York City Antipoverty Plan

In Mexican town, maybe a way to reduce poverty in New York. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Ray Rivera, New York Times. April 25, 2007.
 

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Evaluating Privatization of Social Services - Texas

State has little to show for social service innovation plan. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Corrie MacLaggan, Austin American-Statesman. April 25, 2007.
 

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Kansas Kids Count Report

Survey: Children healthier, poorer. (KANSAS) Read Article
By John Green, Hutchinson News. April 25, 2007.
 

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Medicaid Eligibility and Funding - Michigan, Ohio, Mississippi, New Jersey

State cuts may hurt Medicaid funding. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Sofia Kosmetatos, Detroit News. April 26, 2007.
 

State GOP might dump plan to insure poor. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky and Jim Siegel, Columbus Dispatch. April 25, 2007.
 

Officials ask why Medicaid is losing recipients. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Bobby Harrison, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. April 26, 2007.
 

Medicaid copay idea resurfaces. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Susan K. Livio, Star-Ledger. April 26, 2007.
 

Senators question Medicaid co-pays. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Tom Hester Jr. (Associated Press), Philadelphia Inquirer. April 26, 2007.
 

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States and Covering the Uninsured

Finding help for Delaware's uninsured. (DELAWARE) Read Article
By Kristin Harty, Wilmington News Journal. April 25, 2007.
 

Parents cheer ALL Kids program. (ALABAMA) Read Article
Montgomery Advertiser. April 26, 2007.
 

Group forms to help state's uninsured. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Kim Kozlowski, Detroit News. April 26, 2007.
 

Health initiatives close to passage. (KANSAS) Read Article
Associated Press, Lawrence Journal-World. April 26, 2007.
 

Kansas Legislature moves to reform health care. (KANSAS) Read Article
By Davi Klepper, Kansas City Star. April 26, 2007.
 

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Foster Care and Family Placements - Kentucky

Foster care focus shifts to family. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Valarie Honeycutt Spears, Lexington Herald-Leader. April 25, 2007.
 

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Paid Family Leave - New Jersey

Ironing out the kinks in family leave bill. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Hugh R. Morley, NorthJersey.com. April 25, 2007.
 

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Prison Overcrowding and Out-of-state Transfers

Doubts smolder in day of mayhem. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Tim Evans, Karen Eschbacher and Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star. April 25, 2007.
 

Dems call for New Castle investigation. (INDIANA) Read Article
Indianapolis Star. April 25, 2007.
 

Indiana will keep bringing in prisoners. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Tim Evans, Indianapolis Star. April 26, 2007.
 

Plan to ease prison crowding unveiled. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Ed Mendel, San Diego Union-Tribune. April 26, 2007.
 

State seeks $7.4 billion for prisons. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Jenifer Warren, Los Angeles Times. April 26, 2007.
 

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Housing and Single Mothers in College

Housing holds back moms in college. Read Article
By Marilyn Gardner, Christian Science Monitor. April 26, 2007.
 

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Home Foreclosures

Lenders act to limit US foreclosures. Read Article
By Mark Trumbull, Christian Science Monitor. April 26, 2007.
 

Illinois foreclosure filings up almost 62% in first qtr. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Lorene Yue, Chicago Business News. April 25, 2007.
 

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No Child Left Behind

'No Child Left Behind' law's teeth may be pulled. Read Article
By Rob Hotakainen, Wichita Eagle. April 25, 2007.
 

How to gauge a school's progress. Read Article
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor. April 26, 2007.
 

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Editorial: Teenage Pregnancy - Milwaukee, WI

Editorial: Break the cycle. (MILWAUKEE, WI) Read Article
Editorial, Miliwaukee Journal Sentinel. April 25, 2007.
 

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State Minimum Wages - Ohio, New Hampshire

Wage increase broadly applied. (OHIO) Read Article
By Alan Johnson and Jonathan Riskind, Columbus Dispatch. April 26, 2007.
 

Workers getting wage increase against lawmakers' wishes. (OHIO) Read Article
Associated Press, Akron Beacon Journal. April 26, 2007.
 

N.H. Senate approves minimum wage hike. (NEW HAMPSHIRE) Read Article
By Norma Love (Associated Press), Foster's Daily Democrat. April 26, 2007.
 

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