Poverty Dispatch - August 7, 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:

• States and Anti-poverty Initiatives
• Measuring the Success of Welfare Reform
• Social Service Agencies - California, Louisiana
• Privatization of Social Services - Indiana
• Medicaid Waiver Plan - Rhode Island
• Medicaid and Dental Care - Utah
• Homeless Population - Minnesota, Connecticut
• Energy Costs and Utility Shut-offs
• Massachusetts Child Care Vouchers and Payments to Providers
• Job Training Initiative and Green Jobs - Michigan
• Hiring Practices and Questions about Criminal Histories - New Haven, CT
• Low-income Students and Access to College
• No Child Left Behind - Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon, Minnesota
• Paid Sick Leave - Ohio

Today's Articles:

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States and Anti-poverty Initiatives

States adopt bold anti-poverty measures. Read Article
By Christine Vestal, Stateline.org. August 7, 2008.
 

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Measuring the Success of Welfare Reform

The ticktock of the welfare clock. Read Article
By David Moltz, Inside Higher Ed. August 6, 2008.
 

Welfare in S.C. gets low grade. (SOUTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Tony Bartelme, Charleston Post and Courier. August 6, 2008.
 

Expand welfare-reform success. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
Editorial, Daily Advertiser. August 7, 2008.
 

Beyond working poor. (VIRGINIA) Read Article
Editorial, Roanoke Times. August 7, 2008.
 

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Social Service Agencies - California, Louisiana

Report: Slow squeeze leaves county social services ragged. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Josh Richman, Oakland Tribune. August 7, 2008.
 

State uniting social services at single sites. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By Sarah Chacko, Baton Rouge Advocate. August 7, 2008.
 

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Privatization of Social Services - Indiana

Indiana welfare automation project experiences growing pains. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Andy Opsahl, Government Technology. August 4, 2008.
 

Food stamps down in Delaware County despite economic woes. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Nick Werner, Star Press. August 6, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Waiver Plan - Rhode Island

Medicaid waiver plan puts neediest at risk, critics say. (RHODE ISLAND) Read Article
By Steve Peoples, Providence Journal. August 6, 2008.
 

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Medicaid and Dental Care - Utah

Fewer dentists accept Medicaid patients. (UTAH) Read Article
By Lisa Rosetta, Salt Lake Tribune. August 5, 2008.
 

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Homeless Population - Minnesota, Connecticut

Signs point to growth in Minnesota's homeless population. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Dan Olson, Minnesota Public Radio. August 5, 2008.
 

Study: Homeless numbers rise in state. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Maria Garriga, New Haven Register. August 7, 2008.
 

Homeless numbers in region on the rise. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Jennifer Grogan, The Day. August 7, 2008.
 

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Energy Costs and Utility Shut-offs

Unpaid bills are causing more utility shut-offs. Read Article
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times. August 7, 2008.
 

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Massachusetts Child Care Vouchers and Payments to Providers

Day care centers worried by payment delay. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Jessica Scarpati, Enterprise News. August 5, 2008.
 

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Job Training Initiative and Green Jobs - Michigan

Need job? Thinking 'green' might help. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Rick Haglund, Grand Rapids Press. August 7, 2008.
 

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Hiring Practices and Questions about Criminal Histories - New Haven, CT

City may stop asking about criminal history on employment applications. (NEW HAVEN, CT) Read Article
By William Kaempffer, New Haven Register. August 6, 2008.
 

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Low-income Students and Access to College

Too few low-income college students? Read Article
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor. August 6, 2008.
 

GEAR UP guides low-income students to college. Read Article
By William Roller, Yuma Sun. August 5, 2008.
 

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No Child Left Behind - Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon, Minnesota

Kentucky schools struggle with federal mandate. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Raviya H. Ismail and Linda J. Johnson, Lexington Herald-Leader. August 6, 2008.
 

Schools improve test performance. (NORTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By T. Keung Hui, News and Observer. August 7, 2008.
 

Some schools fail to make grade. (OREGON) Read Article
By Anne Williams, Eugene Register-Guard. August 5, 2008.
 

Rising bar trips up some of Minnesota's best schools. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Emily Johns and Patrice Relerford, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. August 6, 2008.
 

Students in poverty falling behind. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Mike Longaecker, Red Wing Republican Eagle. August 6, 2008.
 

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Paid Sick Leave - Ohio

Sick pay mandate would be first in U.S. (OHIO) Read Article
By Laura A. Bischoff, Dayton Daily News. August 3, 2008.
 

Strickland presses compromise on sick days. (OHIO) Read Article
By Stephen Majors (Associated Press), Dayton Daily News. August 3, 2008.
 

Strickland says he'll keep trying for sick-days deal. (OHIO) Read Article
By Mark Niquette, Columbus Dispatch. August 7, 2008.
 

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