Poverty Dispatch - May 19, 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:

• State Budget Cuts to SSI and TANF Programs - California
• State Funding and Reimbursement for Medicaid - Hawaii, Illinois
• Foster Care Programs and Outreach to Families
• Foster Youth and Transitions to Adulthood
• Increased Need for Aid and Food Assistance
• Rising Food Costs and Obesity
• State Health Care Program - Oklahoma
• State Minimum Wages - Minnesota, Connecticut
• Prisoner Re-entry Programs and Recidivism - Kansas, Illinois
• Early Childhood Education - Dallas, TX
• Poverty, Educational Achievement, and School Funding
• Racial Disparities in School Suspensions - Minnesota

Today's Articles:

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State Budget Cuts to SSI and TANF Programs - California

Aid for California's disabled in peril. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Mary Engel, Los Angeles Times. May 19, 2008.
 

Governor aims to reduce welfare rolls. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Robert Rogers, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. May 18, 2008.
 

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State Funding and Reimbursement for Medicaid - Hawaii, Illinois

Gov holds Medicaid funding. (HAWAII) Read Article
By Helen Altonn, Honolulu Star Bulletin. May 18, 2008.
 

Audit fuels criticism of Blagojevich on health care. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Ray Long and Jeffrey Meitrodt, Chicago Tribune. May 13, 2008.
 

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Foster Care Programs and Outreach to Families

Child welfare program reaches outside family. (TULSA, OK) Read Article
By Shannon Muchmore, Tulsa World. May 19, 2008.
 

Foster care can pose more options than adoption. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Lori Holcomb, Battle Creek Enquirer. May 18, 2008.
 

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Foster Youth and Transitions to Adulthood

Foster kids need help in transition to adulthood. (GREENSBORO, NC) Read Article
By Gerald Witt, Greensboro News-Record. May 18, 2008.
 

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Increased Need for Aid and Food Assistance

Economic slowdown pressures aid groups. (ARIZONA) Read Article
By Eugene Scott, Arizona Republic. May 19, 2008.
 

Food stamp use hits record. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Monique Garcia and Kristen Kridel, Chicago Tribune. May 16, 2008.
 

Record numbers receive Food Stamps and WIC. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
Aledo Times Record. May 16, 2008.
 

New breed of American emerges in need of food. Read Article
By Richard Wolf, USA Today. May 18, 2008.
 

Food stamp recipients struggle through the month. Read Article
Associated Press, Quad-City Times. May 18, 2008.
 

This is the time to rewrite rules for food stamps. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
Editorial, San Jose Mercury News. May 19, 2008.
 

Farm bill highlights rich-poor debate. Read Article
By Gail Russell Chaddock, Christian Science Monitor. May 19, 2008.
 

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Rising Food Costs and Obesity

Rising food prices are likely to worsen U.S. obesity rate. Read Article
By Alfred Lubrano, Detroit Free Press. May 16, 2008.
 

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State Health Care Program - Oklahoma

State insurance program participation hits record. (OKLAHOMA) Read Article
By Jeff Raymond, The Oklahoman. May 14, 2008.
 

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State Minimum Wages - Minnesota, Connecticut

Pawlenty rejects minimum wage hike. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Kevin Duchschere, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. May 15, 2008.
 

Rell threatens to veto minimum wage increase. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Paul Hughes, Waterbury Republican-American. May 17, 2008.
 

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Prisoner Re-entry Programs and Recidivism - Kansas, Illinois

New tack on straying parolees offers a hand instead of cuffs. (KANSAS) Read Article
By Erik Eckholm, New York Times. May 17, 2008.
 

Prison drug programs paying off, state says. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Mary Houlihan, Chicago Sun-Times. May 19, 2008.
 

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Early Childhood Education - Dallas, TX

Project aims to give low-income Dallas toddlers an educational boost. (DALLAS, TX) Read Article
By Staci Hupp, Dallas Morning News. May 19, 2008.
 

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Poverty, Educational Achievement, and School Funding

Money tends to follow money – even in schools. (Column) Read Article
By Peter Callaghan, Tacoma News Tribune. May 18, 2008.
 

Education formula helps rich schools get richer. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Lynn Moore, Muskegon Chronicle. May 17, 2008.
 

Left behind. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Lynn Moore, Muskegon Chronicle. May 17, 2008.
 

Poverty can adversely impact test scores. (SHREVEPORT, LA) Read Article
By Ashley Northington, Shreveport Times. May 18, 2008.
 

Schools can't spare time or dimes for field trips. Read Article
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times. May 19, 2008.
 

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Racial Disparities in School Suspensions - Minnesota

Sent home: The suspension gap. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By James Walsh, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. May 19, 2008.
 

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