Poverty Dispatch - June 9, 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: Child Poverty - Philadelphia, PA
• Study: Living Arrangements of Foster Families
• Single Parent Families and Assistance Programs - Texas
• Families and Access to Grocery Stores
• Food Stamp Program Enrollment - Ohio, South Dakota
• Earned Income Tax Credit
• Gas Prices and Income of Rural Workers
• Low-income Home Energy Assistance
• Low-income Students' Success in College - Michigan
• Post-Katrina Temporary Housing
• U.S. Unemployment Rate
• Trade Adjustment Assistance Program
• Federal Minimum Wage Increase - El Paso, TX
• Immigrant Families and Immigration Laws and Enforcement

Today's Articles:

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Report: Child Poverty - Philadelphia, PA

Child poverty on the rise. (PHILADELPHIA, PA) Read Article
By Erin Maguire, Evening Bulletin. June 6, 2008.
 

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Study: Living Arrangements of Foster Families

Foster child stats stir concern. Read Article
By Felicia Thomas-Lynn, Milwaukee Journa; Sentinel. June 7, 2008.
 

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Single Parent Families and Assistance Programs - Texas

Rising gas, food and other costs magnify struggles of raising children alone. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Kathleen Thurber, Midland Reporter-Telegram. June 8, 2008.
 

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Families and Access to Grocery Stores

Families benefit from creative solutions to 'food deserts.' Read Article
By Valerie Bauman (Associated Press), Newsday. June 7, 2008.
 

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Food Stamp Program Enrollment - Ohio, South Dakota

More Ohioans receiving food stamps to stay afloat. (OHIO) Read Article
By Rick Armon, Akron Beacon Journal. June 8, 2008.
 

More are turning to food programs. (SOUTH DAKOTA) Read Article
By Steve Young, Argus Leader. June 8, 2008.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit

Brookings study: Vegas’ poor deserve tax credits. (LAS VEGAS, NV) Read Article
By Timothy Pratt, Las Vegas Sun. June 8, 2008.
 

Earned Income Tax Credit. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Philadelphia Inquirer. June 7, 2008.
 

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Gas Prices and Income of Rural Workers

Rural U.S. takes worst hit as gas tops $4 average. Read Article
By Clifford Krauss, New York Times. June 9, 2008.
 

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Low-income Home Energy Assistance

Rising prices may dim the lights. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Sara Foss, Schenectady Daily Gazette. June 8, 2008.
 

A looming crisis: Poor and elderly could face desperation in next heating season. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Tower Timberjay News. June 9, 2008.
 

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Low-income Students' Success in College - Michigan

Affording U-M at issue. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Dave Gershman, Ann Arbor News. June 8, 2008.
 

U-Michigan asks why share of low-income students drops. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
Associated Press, Booth Newspapers. June 8, 2008.
 

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Post-Katrina Temporary Housing

Holdouts test aid’s limitations as FEMA shuts a trailer park. Read Article
By Shaila Dewan, New York Times. June 7, 2008.
 

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U.S. Unemployment Rate

Unemployment rate hits 5.5% as 49,000 jobs lost. Read Article
By Peter S. Goodman and Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times. June 7, 2008.
 

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Trade Adjustment Assistance Program

When job training benefits run dry. Read Article
By Jack Stripling, Inside Higher Ed. June 6, 2008.
 

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Federal Minimum Wage Increase - El Paso, TX

How businesses, workers manage minimum wage. (EL PASO, TX) Read Article
By Vic Kolenc, El Paso Times. June 7, 2008.
 

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Immigrant Families and Immigration Laws and Enforcement

U.S.-born children feel effects of immigration raids. Read Article
By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times. June 8, 2008.
 

States take new tack on illegal immigration. Read Article
By Damien Cave, New York Times. June 9, 2008.
 

Farm Bureau: New immigration law means problems. (SOUTH CAROLINA) Read Article
Orangeburg Times and Democrat. June 9, 2008.
 

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