Poverty Dispatch - June 30, 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:

• Child Care Subsidies - Ohio
• Medicaid Funding and Cuts - Mississippi
• Medicaid and Identification Requirement - Washington
• Medicaid Drug Co-pays and Medication Use
• Report: Trends in Women's Income and Poverty - New York
• Home Energy Assistance and Utility Cut-offs
• Increased Need for Food Assistance
• High School Career Programs
• Minimum Wage Increases - Connecticut, Kentucky, Michigan
• Trade Adjustment Assistance Program
• Low-wage Workers and Tip Income
• Check-cashing and Payday Lending Businesses - Long Beach, CA
• New Department of Children and Families - Wisconsin

Today's Articles:

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Child Care Subsidies - Ohio

Child-care aid to grow. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky, Columbus Dispatch. June 29, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Funding and Cuts - Mississippi

Bill aims to stop Medicaid cuts. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Natalie Chandler, Clarion Ledger. June 26, 2008.
 

Miss. House tells governor to delay Medicaid cuts. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Emily Wagster Pettus, Sun Herald. June 27, 2008.
 

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Medicaid and Identification Requirement - Washington

Thousands to lose Medicaid coverage. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By Joseph Turner, Tacoma News Tribune, June 27, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Drug Co-pays and Medication Use

Patients with Medicaid co-pay cut out certain drugs. Read Article
Washington Post. June 26, 2008.
 

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Report: Trends in Women's Income and Poverty - New York

Report: New York women's poverty levels rise. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Olivia Winslow, Newsday. June 27, 2008.
 

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Home Energy Assistance and Utility Cut-offs

Electricity shutoffs up 40% in hard times, intense heat. (ARIZONA) Read Article
By Ryan Randazzo, Arizona Republic. June 28, 2008.
 

Utilities cut off more customers who are behind on their bills. Read Article
By Paul Davidson, USA Today. June 23, 2008.
 

Record-high home heating oil costs forecast next winter. Read Article
By Andrew Miga (Associated Press), Hartford Courant. June 29, 2008.
 

Heating help ahead. Read Article
By Shawne K. Wickham, New Hampshire Union Leader. June 29, 2008.
 

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Increased Need for Food Assistance

Rising number of Inland residents turn to food stamps, soup kitchens. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Sean Nelson, Press-Enterprise. June 29, 2008.
 

Food stamps uncollected across the Big Bend. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Julian Pecquet, Tallahassee Democrat. June 28, 2008.
 

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High School Career Programs

Career programs stress college, too, and give students a leg up, study says. Read Article
By Erik Eckholm, New York Times. June 26, 2008.
 

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Minimum Wage Increases - Connecticut, Kentucky, Michigan

Higher minimum wage took switching of sides. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Gregory B. Hladky, New York Times. June 29, 2008.
 

Rell's minimum-wage veto overridden. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Ted Mann, The Day. June 24, 2008.
 

Minimum wage goes up Tuesday. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Alex Davis, Louisville Courier-Journal. June 29, 2008.
 

State's minimum wage rising: Businesses, workers feel the impact. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Tina Reed, Ann Arbor News. June 28, 2008.
 

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Trade Adjustment Assistance Program

Job retraining helps displaced workers recover. Read Article
By John Yaukey, The Tennessean. June 29, 2008.
 

Job retaining law failing workers, Congress told. Read Article
By Marilyn Geewax, Austin American-Statesman. June 25, 2008.
 

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Low-wage Workers and Tip Income

Tip-reliant workers say slowdown cuts into tips. Read Article
By Lisa Cornwell (Associated Press), Los Angeles Times. June 23, 2008.
 

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Check-cashing and Payday Lending Businesses - Long Beach, CA

Lenders may lose welcome. (LONG BEACH, CA) Read Article
By Paul Eakins, Long Beach Press-Telegram. June 29, 2008.
 

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New Department of Children and Families - Wisconsin

State focuses on families. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Stacy Forster, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. June 29, 2008.
 

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