Poverty Dispatch - July 31, 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:

• Privatization of Social Services - Indiana
• State Children's Health Insurance Program - Utah
• Report: Families' Basic Needs and Self-sufficiency - Ohio
• U.S. Homeless Count
• Homelessness and Housing - Philadelphia, PA
• Child Welfare Programs - New York, Florida
• The Unemployed and Jobless Benefits
• Black Unemployment Rate - Ohio
• Youth Unemployment
• Full-time Jobs and Hour Reductions
• Low-income Seniors and Economic Stimulus Checks
• Opinion: Housing Bill and Low-income Housing
• Fast Food Ban and Public Health - Los Angeles, CA

Today's Articles:

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Privatization of Social Services - Indiana

Rollout of Indiana welfare changes halted. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Francesca Jarosz, Heather Gillers, Tim Evans and Bill Ruthhart, Indianapolis Star. July 31, 2008.
 

Valley residents voice opinions on Indiana’s modified welfare system. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Arthur Foulkes, Terre Haute Tribune-Star. July 30, 2008.
 

Effort to privatize Medicaid falls short. (INDIANA) Read Article
Post-Tribune. July 29, 2008.
 

USDA: FSSA too slow processing food stamps. (INDIANA) Read Article
Associated Press, Indianapolis Business Journal. July 31, 2008.
 

Privatization questions. (INDIANA) Read Article
Editorial, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. July 30, 2008.
 

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State Children's Health Insurance Program - Utah

Health policy could push Utah kids out of CHIP. (UTAH) Read Article
By James Thalman, Deseret News. July 29, 2008.
 

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Report: Families' Basic Needs and Self-sufficiency - Ohio

Self-sufficiency proves a stretch. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky, Columbus Dispatch. July 31, 2008.
 

More living in poverty than guidelines indicate. (OHIO) Read Article
By Paul E. Kostyu, Canton Repository. July 31, 2008.
 

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U.S. Homeless Count

Drop in homeless count seen as 'success story.' Read Article
By Wendy Koch, USA Today. July 28, 2008.
 

U.S. reports drop in homeless population. Read Article
By Rachel L. Swarns, New York Times. July 30, 2008.
 

Chronic homeless population down 15%, U.S. says. Read Article
By Vimal Patel, Los Angeles Times. July 30, 2008.
 

Numbers of homeless drop, but some question data. Read Article
By Michael Amon, Newsday. July 30, 2008.
 

Defining 'Homelessness Down.' Read Article
By Nathan Thornburgh, Time Magazine. July 30, 2008.
 

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Homelessness and Housing - Philadelphia, PA

Homelessness increased in Phila., decreased nationally in 2007. (PHILADELPHIA, PA) Read Article
By Jennifer Lin, Philadelphia Inquirer. July 30, 2008.
 

Housing Phila. homeless could pit poor against poor. (PHILADELPHIA, PA) Read Article
By Jeff Shields, Philadelphia Inquirer. July 30, 2008.
 

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Child Welfare Programs - New York, Florida

LI child welfare agencies remove more kids from parents. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Michael Amon, Newsday. July 31, 2008.
 

Keeping siblings together in foster care falters in Florida. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Deborah Circelli, East Volusia News-Journal. July 30, 2008.
 

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The Unemployed and Jobless Benefits

Majority of jobless in U.S. don't get benefits. Read Article
By Anton Troianovski, Wall Street Journal. July 29, 2008.
 

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Black Unemployment Rate - Ohio

Thousands of black men in Northeast Ohio unemployed, nearly unemployable, research finds. (OHIO) Read Article
By Robert L. Smith, Cleveland Plain Dealer. July 29, 2008.
 

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Youth Unemployment

Hofstra prof: Young people hit hard by unemployment. Read Article
By Olivia Winslow, Newsday. July 31, 2008.
 

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Full-time Jobs and Hour Reductions

A hidden toll on employment: Cut to part time. Read Article
By Peter S. Goodman, New York Times. July 31, 2008.
 

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Low-income Seniors and Economic Stimulus Checks

Region’s low-income seniors drive glut of unclaimed stimulus checks. Read Article
By William C. Flook, Washington, D.C. Examiner. July 31, 2008.
 

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Opinion: Housing Bill and Low-income Housing

Rental-housing boost got little fanfare. Read Article
By David Broder, Columbus Dispatch. July 31, 2008.
 

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Fast Food Ban and Public Health - Los Angeles, CA

L.A. City Council bans fast-food restaurants in poverty section of city. (LOS ANGELES, CA) Read Article
Associated Press, Chico Enterprise-Record. July 30, 2008.
 

Council bans new fast-food outlets in South L.A. (LOS ANGELES, CA) Read Article
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske and David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times. July 30, 2008.
 

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