Poverty Dispatch - June 16, 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:

• 2008 Kids Count Data Book
• Editorials: 2008 Kids Count Data Book
• Food and Energy Assistance - Florida, Vermont, Delaware
• Prisoner Re-entry Programs - Arizona, Alabama
• State Minimum Wage - Connecticut
• Dental Care and Emergency Room Visits - Ohio
• States and Measuring Graduation Rates
• Unemployment and Job Training - Indiana
• Section 8 Housing Vouchers

Today's Articles:

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2008 Kids Count Data Book

Report finds racial disparities in the severity of punishment. Read Article
By Robert E. Pierre, Washington Post. June 13, 2008.
 

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Editorials: 2008 Kids Count Data Book

Too many Hoosier kids struggling for a lifeline. (INDIANA) Read Article
Editorial, Indianpolis Star. June 13, 2008.
 

Too many children are still at risk. (ALABAMA) Read Article
Editorial, Press-Register. June 15, 2008.
 

Kids Count report reinforces need for good jobs. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
Editorial, Kalamazoo Gazette. June 15, 2008.
 

Stemming dropouts will curb youth crime rate. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
Editorial, Detroit News. June 12, 2008.
 

Poverty continues to hold La. back. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
Editorial, Shreveport Times. June 15, 2008.
 

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Food and Energy Assistance - Florida, Vermont, Delaware

More Floridians turning to food stamps. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Nicole Hutcheson, St. Petersburg Times. June 14, 2008.
 

Vermont to offer fuel and food assistance. (VERMONT) Read Article
By Katie Zezima, New York Times. June 13, 2008.
 

Summer relief all dried up. (DELAWARE) Read Article
By Robin Brown, Wilmington News Journal. June 13, 2008.
 

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Prisoner Re-entry Programs - Arizona, Alabama

Ending a cycle of crime: Ex-cons get a helping hand. (ARIZONA) Read Article
By Amanda J. Crawford and Yvonne Wingett, Arizona Republic. June 15, 2008.
 

State explains new offender re-entry idea. (ALABAMA) Read Article
By Virginia Bridges, Press-Register. June 12, 2008.
 

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State Minimum Wage - Connecticut

Dems schedule vote on minimum wage hike. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Kevin Dixon, Connecticut Post. June 13, 2008.
 

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Dental Care and Emergency Room Visits - Ohio

Dental clinics try to fill care gap as poor turn to ERs. (OHIO) Read Article
By Suzanne Hoholik, Columbus Dispatch. June 15, 2008.
 

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States and Measuring Graduation Rates

States move toward uniform graduation rate reporting. Read Article
By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. June 15, 2008.
 

A closer look at graduation rates. (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Read Article
By Daniel de Vise, Washington Post. June 15, 2008.
 

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Unemployment and Job Training - Indiana

Hoosiers struggle to find work. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Erin N. Riley, Post-Tribune. June 15, 2008.
 

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Section 8 Housing Vouchers

Housing wait. (CHICAGO, IL) Read Article
By Kendrick Marshall, Lake County News-Sun. June 13, 2008.
 

Renters find doors shut on affordable Section 8 housing. (VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Meghan Hoyer, Virginian-Pilot. June 9, 2008.
 

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