Poverty Dispatch - June 5, 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:

• Report: Suburban Poverty - Illinois
• Kids Count Report - New Jersey
• States and Medicaid Cuts - California, Mississippi, Oklahoma
• Report: Medicaid Programs and Outreach to Families - Kentucky
• Cost-saving Technology and State Medicaid Programs
• Massachusetts Health Insurance Coverage
• Study: Regional and Racial Health Care Disparities
• Food Stamp Program Enrollment
• Earned Income Tax Credit
• Unemployment Insurance Benefits
• Low-income Students and School Funding - Rockford, IL
• Low-income Home Energy Assistance - Massachusetts
• Report: Affordable Housing - Delaware

Today's Articles:

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Report: Suburban Poverty - Illinois

Study: Suburban poverty on the rise. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Mark Lawton, Elmwood Park Leaves. June 4, 2008.
 

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Kids Count Report - New Jersey

Number of kids in poverty stays constant. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Tom Baldwin, Asbury Park Press. June 3, 2008.
 

Good news, poor news for N.J. kids. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Susan K. Livio, Star-Ledger. June 3, 2008.
 

Kids Count report released. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Randall Clark, Today's Sunbeam. June 5, 2008.
 

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States and Medicaid Cuts - California, Mississippi, Oklahoma

Effort to find ineligible Medi-Cal recipients worries some. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Shaya Tayefe Mohajer, Sacramento Bee. June 1, 2008.
 

A city where hospitals are as ill as the patients. (LOS ANGELES, CA) Read Article
By Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times. June 5, 2008.
 

Medicaid funding remains unresolved in special session. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Natalie Chandler, Clarion Ledger. May 30, 2008.
 

Legislative stalemate leads to June 26 rematch. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By John Mott Coffey, Commercial Dispatch. June 5, 2008.
 

Hurt feared from Medicaid shift. (OKLAHOMA) Read Article
By Jim Stafford, The Oklahoman. June 5, 2008.
 

Study shows state impact of Medicaid cuts. (OKLAHOMA) Read Article
By Sean Murphy (Associated Press), The Oklahoman. June 2, 2008.
 

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Report: Medicaid Programs and Outreach to Families - Kentucky

Study: Ky. families need more help with insurance programs. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Joseph Gerth, Louisville Courier-Journal. June 3, 2008.
 

State Medicaid system criticized in study. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Cara Anthony, Lexington Herald-Leader. June 3, 2008.
 

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Cost-saving Technology and State Medicaid Programs

States reduce Medicaid costs with new technology. Read Article
By Andy Opsahl, Government Technology. June 3, 2008.
 

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Massachusetts Health Insurance Coverage

Study finds state gains in insurance. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Kevin Sack, New York Times. June 3, 2008.
 

Health insurance gains detailed. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Elizabeth Cooney, Boston Globe. June 3, 2008.
 

Study praises Mass. health-care program. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post. June 4, 2008.
 

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Study: Regional and Racial Health Care Disparities

Research finds wide disparities in health care by race and region. Read Article
By Kevin Sack, New York Times. June 5, 2008.
 

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Food Stamp Program Enrollment

Food stamps usage on the rise in America. Read Article
By Kim Swindell Wood, Sparta Expositor. June 2, 2008.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit

Brookings study urges changes for Earned Income Tax Credit. Read Article
By Jonathan Epstein, Buffalo News. June 5, 2008.
 

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Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Extension of benefits for jobless is at risk. Read Article
By Paul Kane, Washington Post. June 4, 2008.
 

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Low-income Students and School Funding - Rockford, IL

Income loss turns into schools' gain. (ROCKFORD, IL) Read Article
By Jeff Kolkey and Aaron Chambers, Rockford Register Star. June 3, 2008.
 

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Low-income Home Energy Assistance - Massachusetts

Legislature asked to help poor pay last winter's overdue heating bills. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Edward Mason, Eagle-Tribune. June 3, 2008.
 

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Report: Affordable Housing - Delaware

Del. lacks affordable housing. (DELAWARE) Read Article
By James Merriweather, Wilmington News Journal. June 4, 2008.
 

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