Poverty Dispatch - July 14, 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:

• Poverty Measurement - New York City
• Privatization of Social Services - Texas, North Dakota, Indiana
• Medicaid Funding - Ohio, Mississippi
• Food Assistance Programs
• Homeless Veterans - Connecticut
• Homeless School Children - Ohio
• Public Assistance Agencies and Voter Registration - Florida
• Rising Costs and Home Energy Assistance Programs
• Trends in Minimum and Median Wages - New York
• Faith-Based Initiatives
• Affordable Housing Development - Georgia
• Home Foreclosures and Renters
• Prison Costs and Reentry Programs

Today's Articles:

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Poverty Measurement - New York City

NYC mayor offers new poverty gauge in NAACP speech. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Dan Sewell (Associated Press), Newsday. July 13, 2008.
 

N.Y. mayor offers new poverty gauge. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post. July 14, 2008.
 

City refines formula to measure poverty rate. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Cara Buckley, New York Times. July 14, 2008.
 

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Privatization of Social Services - Texas, North Dakota, Indiana

Texas to hire hundreds to determine eligibility for social services. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Robert T. Garrett, Dallas Morning News. July 11, 2008.
 

State's new eligibility system to take on Medicaid, food stamp recipients. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Robert T. Garrett, Dallas Morning News. July 12, 2008.
 

States say privatizing worker's comp works. (NORTH DAKOTA) Read Article
By Janell Cole, Grand Forks Herald. July 11, 2008.
 

Open house gives voice to complaints about privatized welfare system. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Garret Mathews, Evansville Courier and Press. July 12, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Funding - Ohio, Mississippi

Official doubts report on Medicaid change. (OHIO) Read Article
By Alan Johnson, Columbus Dispatch. July 11, 2008.
 

Judge nixes 2006 Medicaid tax idea. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Daniel Connolly, Memphis Commercial Appeal. July 11, 2008.
 

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Food Assistance Programs

Money for free summer meals for children going unused. (OHIO) Read Article
By April McClellan-Copeland, Cleveland Plain Dealer. July 12, 2008.
 

SRS says food stamp program underutilized. (KANSAS) Read Article
Newton Kansan. July 11, 2008.
 

More public aid being sought. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Kerri Ginis, Fresno Bee. July 13, 2008.
 

As food prices rise, New Yorkers have to come to table for food stamps. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News. July 11, 2008.
 

Wireless ATMs bring convenience, food stamps to farmers markets. (VERMONT) Read Article
By Mel Huff, Barre Montpelier Times Argus. July 14, 2008.
 

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Homeless Veterans - Connecticut

From the battlefield to the shelter. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Alexandra Sanders, Mariana Stebbins, and Victor Zapana, New Haven Register. July 13, 2008.
 

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Homeless School Children - Ohio

Homeless students on increase in Toledo-area classrooms, schools say. (OHIO) Read Article
By Angie Schmitt, Toledo Blade. July 13, 2008.
 

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Public Assistance Agencies and Voter Registration - Florida

State chided for dip in voter registrations. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Katherine Dolinski, Tampa Tribune. July 13, 2008.
 

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Rising Costs and Home Energy Assistance Programs

Harsh winter looms as heating costs soar. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Dustin Racioppi, Norwich Bulletin. July 13, 2008.
 

HEAP applications expected to soar. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Jill Bryce, Schenectady Daily Gazette. July 12, 2008.
 

A crisis on the horizon. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Charis Anderson, Standard-Times. July 13, 2008.
 

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Trends in Minimum and Median Wages - New York

Minimum wage increases faster than median wage. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Patrick McGeehan, New York Times. July 11, 2008.
 

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Faith-Based Initiatives

A house built on sand? Read Article
By Electa Draper, Denver Post. July 14, 2008.
 

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Affordable Housing Development - Georgia

The right mix. (GEORGIA) Read Article
By Johnny Edwards, Augusta Chronicle. July 6, 2008.
 

Mixed-use communities in Atlanta stir questions. (GEORGIA) Read Article
By Johnny Edwards, Augusta Chronicle. July 6, 2008.
 

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Home Foreclosures and Renters

Renters swept up in foreclosure storm. Read Article
By Keith Benman, Northwest Indiana and Illinois Times. July 13, 2008.
 

Renting options overlooked amid nation's housing crisis. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, The Tennessean. July 14, 2008.
 

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Prison Costs and Reentry Programs

Battling California fires, inmates find a chance at better role. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Ben Arnoldy, Christian Science Monitor. July 11, 2008.
 

Calif. diving program helps anchor ex-inmates. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Kevin Johnson, USA Today. July 13, 2008.
 

Too many prisoners. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Washington Post. July 11, 2008.
 

State prisons too expensive, ineffective at reform. (Opinion) Read Article
By Glenn Gilbert, Oakland Press. July 13, 2008.
 

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