Poverty Dispatch - June 23, 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:

• Rising Costs and Food Assistance
• Public Assistance Eligibility-Screening System - Texas
• BadgerCare Plus Health Insurance Program - Wisconsin
• Effects of Federal Rules on State Medicaid Programs
• Medicaid Funding and Cuts - Mississippi, California
• Affordable Housing for the Working Poor – Muskegon, MI
• Earned Income Tax Credit - Utah
• Teenage Pregnancy Prevention - Norwich, CT
• Charter School Enrollment - Minnesota
• Kindergarten Readiness - Akron, OH
• State Budgets and the Economy

Today's Articles:

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Rising Costs and Food Assistance

Food stamps buy less; Families are hit hard. Read Article
By Leslie Kaufman, New York Times. June 22, 2008.
 

Hungry families rely on help. (TENNESSEE) Read Article
By Natalia Mielczarek and Bob Smietana, The Tennessean. June 23, 2008.
 

Stretching to help. (OHIO) Read Article
By Alan Johnson, Columbus Dispatch. June 22, 2008.
 

Dallas-area food pantries feel pinch in faltering economy. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Mary Jacobs, Dallas Morning News. June 21, 2008.
 

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Public Assistance Eligibility-Screening System - Texas

State gets OK to expand troubled screening system for public assistance. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Robert T. Garrett, Dallas Morning News. June 21, 2008.
 

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BadgerCare Plus Health Insurance Program - Wisconsin

BadgerCare ranks swell since health program's expansion. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Jason Stein, Wisconsin State Journal. June 20, 2008.
 

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Effects of Federal Rules on State Medicaid Programs

Medicaid 'safety net' escapes changes. (COLORADO) Read Article
Rocky Mountain News. June 20, 2008.
 

Federal immigration rules cost Kansas up to $1M. (KANSAS) Read Article
Associated Press, Newton Kansan. June 20, 2008.
 

‘Failed’ federal policy costs $1M. (KANSAS) Read Article
By Scott Rothschild, Lawrence Journal-World. June 19, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Funding and Cuts - Mississippi, California

Physicians group decries Medicaid funding stalemate. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Natalie Chandler, Clarion Ledger. June 20, 2008.
 

Future of Miss. Medicaid still uncertain. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Holbrook Mohr (Associated Press), Sun Herald. June 19, 2008.
 

Response mixed to proposal to limit Medi-Cal benefits. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Tom Kisken, Ventura County Star. June 23, 2008
 

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Affordable Housing for the Working Poor – Muskegon, MI

More working poor turning to mobile homes. (MUSKEGON, MI) Read Article
By Dave Alexander, Muskegon Chronicle. June 21, 2008.
 

Habitat offers affordable housing. (MUSKEGON, MI) Read Article
By Susan Harrison Wolffis, Muskegon Chronicle. June 21, 2008.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit - Utah

Plan would aid many poor in Utah. (UTAH) Read Article
By Suzanne Struglinski, Deseret News. June 22, 2008.
 

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Teenage Pregnancy Prevention - Norwich, CT

Teen pregnancy: Education tries to counter ‘epidemic of ignorance.’ (NORWICH, CT) Read Article
By John Penney, Norwich Bulletin. June 22, 2008.
 

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Charter School Enrollment - Minnesota

Greater numbers enrolling in charter schools. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Norman Draper, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. June 19, 2008.
 

Charter schools see big jump. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Doug Belden, Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press. June 19, 2008.
 

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Kindergarten Readiness - Akron, OH

Foundation of learning is built in the home. (AKRON, OH) Read Article
By John Higgins, Akron Beacon Journal. June 21, 2008.
 

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State Budgets and the Economy

Weak economy squeezing more states. Read Article
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org. June 19, 2008.
 

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