Poverty Dispatch - September 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:

• Medicaid Funding - Mississippi, Minnesota, New York
• Food Stamp Program - Vermont, Louisiana
• Kids' Re-entry into Foster Care - Philadelphia, PA
• Schools and Students and Economic Hardship - Oregon, Illinois
• State Minimum Wage - Colorado
• States and Unemployment Benefit Funds
• Home Energy Costs and Assistance
• Poverty Task Force Report - Ohio
• Merced Sun-Star Series on People Living in Poverty - California
• Columbus Dispatch Series on Immigration - Ohio
• The Economy and Day Laborers - Tennessee, California
• Crime and Neighborhoods with Section 8 Housing - Memphis, TN
• High Schools and Educational Achievement
• States and Teacher Recruitment
• Enrollment and Dropout Rates at Colleges and Community Colleges

Today's Articles:

Note: All links are external; some links may require a free registration at the host site (e.g., New York Times, Chicago Tribune).
Article links will open in new browser window.

Medicaid Funding - Mississippi, Minnesota, New York

Old error provides Medicaid funds fix. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Natalie Chandler, Clarion Ledger. September 9, 2008.
 

Federal funds fill Medicaid shortfall. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Bobby Harrison, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. September 9, 2008.
 

Barbour, agency combined Medicaid efforts. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Ana Radelat, Clarion Ledger. September 11, 2008.
 

Feds to unplug medical subsidy. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Kevin Diaz, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. September 11, 2008.
 

State: Medicaid change to cost LI clinics, hospitals $50M. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Michael Amon, Newsday. September 11, 2008.
 

Rule change might cut Medicaid funds. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Heather Yakin, Times Herald-Record. September 11, 2008.
 

Return to top of page
 

Food Stamp Program - Vermont, Louisiana

Governor to raise eligibility limit for food stamps. (VERMONT) Read Article
By Lisa Rathke (Associated Press), Rutland Herald. September 11, 2008.
 

Thousands line up for food stamps. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By Michelle Krupa, New Orleans Times-Picayune. September 10, 2008.
 

Return to top of page
 

Kids' Re-entry into Foster Care - Philadelphia, PA

Phila. kids re-enter foster care at 'extremely high rates.' (PHILADELPHIA, PA) Read Article
By Alfred Lubrano, Philadelphia Inquirer. September 10, 2008.
 

Report: Some Pa. children languish in foster care. (PHILADELPHIA, PA) Read Article
By Martha Raffaele (Associated Press), York Daily Record. September 10, 2008.
 

Return to top of page
 

Schools and Students and Economic Hardship - Oregon, Illinois

Homeless students up slightly. (OREGON) Read Article
By Anne Williams, Eugene Register-Guard. September 11, 2008.
 

Number of Ore. homeless students trickles upward. (OREGON) Read Article
Associated Press, The Oregonian. September 10, 2008.
 

Economic hardships a reality for increasing number of high school students. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Lisa Black, Chicago Tribune. September 9, 2008.
 

Return to top of page
 

State Minimum Wage - Colorado

Minimum wage law disputed. (COLORADO) Read Article
By Pat Ferrier, The Coloradoan. September 9, 2008.
 

'Fair' wage unfair for business? (COLORADO) Read Article
By Will Shoemaker, Gunnison Country Times. September 9, 2008.
 

Return to top of page
 

States and Unemployment Benefit Funds

States running out of money in jobless funds. Read Article
By Dennis Cauchon, USA Today. September 8, 2008.
 

Return to top of page
 

Home Energy Costs and Assistance

Anxiety about staying warm this winter spreads. Read Article
By Marc Levy (Associated Press), Washington Post. September 9, 2008.
 

Return to top of page
 

Poverty Task Force Report - Ohio

Red tape holds down Ohioans, task force says. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky, Columbus Dispatch. September 11, 2008.
 

Task force hands governor goals to reduce poverty in Ohio. (OHIO) Read Article
By Kate Giammarise, Toledo Blade. September 11, 2008.
 

Return to top of page
 

Merced Sun-Star Series on People Living in Poverty - California

Poor people: An examination of poverty in Merced County. (Series Homepage) Visit Series Homepage
Merced Sun-Star.
 

Test of progress: How Merced County treats its poorest points to its future. Read Article
By Mike Tharp, Merced Sun-Star. September 6, 2008.
 

Family makes do in squeezed home. Read Article
By Corinne Reilly, Merced Sun-Star. September 10, 2008.
 

Climbing out of poverty. Read Article
By Scott Jason, Merced Sun-Star. September 11, 2008.
 

Return to top of page
 

Columbus Dispatch Series on Immigration - Ohio

The Immigration Crackdown. (Series Homepage) Visit Series Homepage
Columbus Dispatch.
 

Backlash in the heartland. Read Article
By Jill Riepenhoff and Stephanie Czekalinski, Columbus Dispatch. September 7, 2008.
 

Latinos flee Oklahoma; new law hits others, too. Read Article
By Todd Jones, Columbus Dispatch. September 7, 2008.
 

Jobs in the balance. Read Article
By Todd Jones, Columbus Dispatch. September 8, 2008.
 

Identity crisis. Read Article
By Jill Riepenhoff and Stephanie Czekalinski, Columbus Dispatch. September 8, 2008.
 

Free health care comes at a price. Read Article
By Stephanie Czekalinski and Jill Riepenhoff, Columbus Dispatch. September 8, 2008.
 

Tougher Oklahoma law adds risk to health-care decisions. Read Article
By Todd Jones, Columbus Dispatch. September 9, 2008.
 

Sending them back. Read Article
By Stephanie Czekalinski and Jill Riepenhoff, Columbus Dispatch. September 10, 2008.
 

Tulsa deputies say they're not picking on anyone. Read Article
By Todd Jones, Columbus Dispatch. September 10, 2008.
 

Return to top of page
 

The Economy and Day Laborers - Tennessee, California

Work disappears for day laborers. (TENNESSEE) Read Article
By Chris Echegaray, The Tennessean. September 2, 2008.
 

Day laborers having hard time finding work. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Rosalba Ruíz, Orange County Register. September 8, 2008.
 

Return to top of page
 

Crime and Neighborhoods with Section 8 Housing - Memphis, TN

Couple's findings link crime in Memphis to Section 8 voucher renters. (MEMPHIS, TN) Read Article
By Fredric Koeppel, Memphis Commercial Appeal. September 11, 2008.
 

Return to top of page
 

High Schools and Educational Achievement

Fewer California students pass high school exit exam. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times. September 10, 2008.
 

Data highlight achievement gap in Phila. schools. (PHILADELPHIA, PA) Read Article
By Kristen A. Graham, Philadelphia Inquirer. September 11, 2008.
 

Earn an A? Here's $50. (CHICAGO, IL) Read Article
By Carlos Sadovi, Chicago Tribune. September 11, 2008.
 

Good grades pay off. (CHICAGO, IL) Read Article
By Rosalind Rossi and Lisa Donovan, Chicago Sun-Times. September 11, 2008.
 

Return to top of page
 

States and Teacher Recruitment

Teachers lured from struggling states. Read Article
By Nathaniel Weixel, Stateline.org. September 11, 2008.
 

Return to top of page
 

Enrollment and Dropout Rates at Colleges and Community Colleges

No simple explanation for college dropout rate. Read Article
By Anya Sostek, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 6, 2008.
 

Why community college enrollments are rising. Read Article
By Matt Arado, Daily Herald. September 11, 2008.
 

Return to top of page
 

Note: All links are external; some links may require a free registration at the host site (e.g., New York Times, Chicago Tribune).