Poverty Dispatch - July 21, 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:

• Assistance Programs - Maine, Montana, Nevada, Utah
• Child Poverty - South Dakota
• Child Welfare and Caseloads - Texas
• Medicaid and Disability Claims Backlog - Ohio
• Medicaid and Information Technology - South Carolina, Florida
• Jobless Benefits - Ohio, Wisconsin
• Funding for Homeless Programs - Louisville, KY
• Public Housing and the Hope VI Program
• Affordable Housing - New Jersey
• Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program
• Fuel Costs and Public Transportation
• Historically Underutilized Business Zone Program
• Immigrant Workers and Immigration Enforcement
• Out-of-state Prisoner Transfers - Washington
• Elite Universities and Low-income Students
• Summer Youth Employment

Today's Articles:

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Assistance Programs - Maine, Montana, Nevada, Utah

Special Report: Welfare in Maine. (MAINE) Read Article
By Eric Russell, Bangor Daily News. July 19, 2008.
 

Untangling the stigma of welfare. (MAINE) Read Article
By Eric Russell, Bangor Daily News. July 19, 2008.
 

Special Report: General Assistance grew out of New Deal. (MAINE) Read Article
By Eric Russell, Bangor Daily News. July 21, 2008.
 

Welfare study: Mixed marks for MT. (MONTANA) Read Article
By Lynnette Hintze, Daily Inter Lake. July 20, 2008.
 

Nevada’s poor will have to tighten belts more if food stamp, welfare cuts OK’d. (NEVADA) Read Article
By Timothy Pratt, Las Vegas Sun. July 18, 2008.
 

Demand for meal assistance on the rise in Utah. (UTAH) Read Article
By Lisa Schencker, Salt Lake Tribune. July 21, 2008.
 

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Child Poverty - South Dakota

State's child poverty rate increases. (SOUTH DAKOTA) Read Article
By Seth Tupper, Mitchell Daily Republic. July 18, 2008.
 

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Child Welfare and Caseloads - Texas

Problems persist for child welfare. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Janet Elliot, Houston Chronicle. July 19, 2008.
 

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Medicaid and Disability Claims Backlog - Ohio

Aid long delayed. (OHIO) Read Article
By Alan Johnson, Catherine Candisky, and Jonathan Riskind, Columbus Dispatch. July 20, 2008.
 

Long, painful wait for needed care. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky, Jonathan Riskind, and Alan Johnson, Columbus Dispatch. July 20, 2008.
 

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Medicaid and Information Technology - South Carolina, Florida

S.C. Medicaid patients' records go online. (SOUTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Jill Coley, Charleston Post and Courier. July 21, 2008.
 

Computer system glitches leave Medicaid workers without paychecks. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Lindsay Peterson, Tampa Tribune. July 17, 2008.
 

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Jobless Benefits - Ohio, Wisconsin

Ohio's unemployment compensation fund on edge of crisis. (OHIO) Read Article
By Tom Breckenridge, Cleveland Plain Dealer. July 21, 2008.
 

Wisconsin's fund to pay jobless running dry. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Jason Stein, Wisconsin State Journal. July 20, 2008.
 

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Funding for Homeless Programs - Louisville, KY

Help for Louisville's homeless grows scarce as funds dwindle. (LOUISVILLE, KY) Read Article
By Deborah Yetter, Louisville Courier-Journal. July 19, 2008.
 

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Public Housing and the Hope VI Program

US public housing overhaul nets uneven gains. Read Article
By Ramit Plushnick-Masti (Associated Press), Philadelphia Inquirer. July 20, 2008.
 

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Affordable Housing - New Jersey

N.J. closes low-income loophole. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Jonathan Tamari, Philadelphia Inquirer. July 18, 2008.
 

Corzine signs affordable housing overhaul. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Geoff Mulvihill (Associated Press), Newsday. July 17, 2008.
 

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Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program

Sweating high heating bills this winter. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Joel Cuthbert, Observer Today. July 18, 2008.
 

Winter could test energy math. Read Article
By Rebecca Smith, Wall Street Journal. July 18, 2008.
 

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Fuel Costs and Public Transportation

Fuel costs strain U.S. mass transit, too. Read Article
By Michael B. Farrell, Christian Science Monitor. July 18, 2008.
 

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Historically Underutilized Business Zone Program

Federal low-income program mishandled. Read Article
By Andrew Johnson, Arizona Republic. July 21, 2008.
 

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Immigrant Workers and Immigration Enforcement

In immigration cases, employers feel the pressure. Read Article
By Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post. July 21, 2008.
 

Whose job is it to screen work force for immigration violations? Read Article
By Shannon Dininny (Associated Press), Tacoma News Tribune. July 21, 2008.
 

Illegal immigrants spurn needed benefits. Read Article
By Alex Johnson and Marián Albornoz, MSNBC. July 18, 2008.
 

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Out-of-state Prisoner Transfers - Washington

More than 1,000 prisoners return from out of state. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By Joseph Turner, Tacoma News Tribune. July 20, 2008.
 

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Elite Universities and Low-income Students

With no frills or tuition, a college draws notice. Read Article
By Tamar Lewin, New York Times. July 21, 2008.
 

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Summer Youth Employment

For teens, few jobs this summer. Read Article
By Eloise Quintanilla, Christian Science Monitor. July 18, 2008.
 

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