Poverty Dispatch - August 11, 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:

• State TANF Programs - Maine, North Dakota, Minnesota
• Antipoverty Programs and Men
• Job Growth in Cities and Poverty Reduction
• Medicaid Reform and Children's Coverage - West Virginia
• Biological Fathers' and Stepfathers' Parenting in Fragile Families
• Child Welfare and Foster Care - Ohio
• Programs to Reduce Homelessness
• Section 8 Housing Programs - California, Wisconsin
• Food Assistance - Maine, Arizona
• Home Energy Costs and Assistance Programs
• Voting Eligibility for the Homeless and Felons
• States and Payday Lending Legislation
• Editorials: Privatization of Social Services - Indiana

Today's Articles:

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State TANF Programs - Maine, North Dakota, Minnesota

State helps move residents from welfare to work. (MAINE) Read Article
By Rich Hewitt, Bangor Daily News. August 11, 2008.
 

N.D. improving its grades on welfare reform. (NORTH DAKOTA) Read Article
By Jill Schramm, Minot Daily News. August 9, 2008.
 

Too much welfare spent out of state? (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Pioneer Press. August 8, 2008.
 

Welfare recipients shopping in Hawaii? GOP shows it’s so. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Mike Kaszuba, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. August 8, 2008.
 

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Antipoverty Programs and Men

Missing men. Read Article
By Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, Boston Globe. August 10, 2008.
 

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Job Growth in Cities and Poverty Reduction

If new jobs aren't where poor are, poverty persists. Read Article
By Mark Ferenchik, Columbus Dispatch. August 8, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Reform and Children's Coverage - West Virginia

Medicaid change failing children in state, report says. (WEST VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Eric Eyre, Charleston Gazette. August 8, 2008.
 

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Biological Fathers' and Stepfathers' Parenting in Fragile Families

In 'fragile families,' stepfathers step up. Read Article
By Queenie Wong, News and Observer. August 9, 2008.
 

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Child Welfare and Foster Care - Ohio

Child-welfare policy tries to send fewer to foster care by counseling, treating parents. (OHIO) Read Article
By Rita Price, Columbus Dispatch. August 11, 2008.
 

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Programs to Reduce Homelessness

Mayor’s effort to reduce homelessness is off pace, study says. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Fernanda Santos, New York Times. August 7, 2008.
 

Strides in fighting homelessness. Read Article
By Alexandra Marks, Christian Science Monitor. August 8, 2008.
 

Metro homeless study unearths startling result. (OMAHA, NE) Read Article
By Tom McMahon, Daily Nonpareil. August 9, 2008.
 

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Section 8 Housing Programs - California, Wisconsin

As program moves poor to suburbs, tensions follow. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Solomon Moore, New York Times. August 8, 2008.
 

Legal housing discrimination? (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Stephanie Brien, Racine Journal Times. August 10, 2008.
 

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Food Assistance - Maine, Arizona

Demand is up for food help. (MAINE) Read Article
By Scott Monroe, Morning Sentinel. August 11, 2008.
 

Number of free school lunches surges. (ARIZONA) Read Article
By Emily Gersema, Arizona Republic. August 11, 2008.
 

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Home Energy Costs and Assistance Programs

Home energy prices are expected to soar. Read Article
By Jad Mouawad, New York Times. August 5, 2008.
 

Lawmakers aim for more home heating aid funding. (MAINE) Read Article
By Jason Claffey, Fosters Daily Democrat. August 10, 2008.
 

Hoping for help: One family, like many, struggles with oil prices. (MAINE) Read Article
By Jason Claffey, Fosters Daily Democrat. August 11, 2008.
 

State group fears 'death by hypothermia.' (MAINE) Read Article
By Dawn Gagnon, Bangor Daily News. August 8, 2008.
 

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Voting Eligibility for the Homeless and Felons

You can lose a home, but not your vote. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Carole Sharwarko, Southtown Star. August 10, 2008.
 

For those once behind bars, a nudge to the voting booth. Read Article
By Krissah Williams Thompson, Washington Post. August 11, 2008.
 

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States and Payday Lending Legislation

States imposing interest-rate caps to rein in payday lenders. Read Article
By Conor Dougherty, Wall Street Journal. August 9, 2008.
 

Fight takes shape on Ohio payday loan law. (OHIO) Read Article
By Jim Provance, Toledo Blade. August 8, 2008.
 

State bracing for payday fight. (OHIO) Read Article
By Jim Siegel, Columbus Dispatch. August 8, 2008.
 

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Editorials: Privatization of Social Services - Indiana

Welfare modernization. (INDIANA) Read Article
Editorial, Evansville Courier Press. August 11, 2008.
 

The state must do its part. (INDIANA) Read Article
Editorial, South Bend Tribune. August 11, 2008.
 

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