Poverty Dispatch - November 6, 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 irppubs@ssc.wisc.edu.

Today's Topics in the News:

• Increasing Need for Food Assistance
• Homeless Survey and Vulnerability Index - Nashville, TN
• Homelessness and Housing Post-Hurricane Ike - Galveston, TX
• Study: Rural Poverty - California
• Low-income Health Programs - Wisconsin, Minnesota, Louisiana
• Massachusetts Health Care Plan
• Trends in Single Motherhood - Mississippi
• School Districts and Tax Revenue - Alabama
• The Economy and Day Laborers
• No Child Left Behind and School Progress
• Payday Lending Caps - Ohio

Today's Articles:

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Increasing Need for Food Assistance

'Huge' rise seen in food stamp requests. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Kathleen Wilson, Ventura County Star. November 4, 2008.
 

Hunger strikes: Economy, fear of future force more East Tennesseans to seek sustenance at food banks. (TENNESSEE) Read Article
By Amy McRary, Knoxville News Sentinel. November 1, 2008.
 

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Homeless Survey and Vulnerability Index - Nashville, TN

Many homeless at risk of dying. (NASHVILLE, TN) Read Article
By Rachel Stults, The Tennessean. November 2, 2008.
 

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Homelessness and Housing Post-Hurricane Ike - Galveston, TX

Island's poor, homeless wonder where they'll live. (GALVESTON, TX) Read Article
By Rhiannon Meyers, Galveston County Daily News. November 2, 2008.
 

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Study: Rural Poverty - California

Survey focuses on rural poverty. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Jessie Faulkner, Times-Standard. November 4, 2008.
 

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Low-income Health Programs - Wisconsin, Minnesota, Louisiana

Plan would expand BadgerCare to adults without children. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. October 31, 2008.
 

U.S., state reach Medicaid accord. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Jeremy Olson, Pioneer Press. November 6, 2008.
 

State gets Medicaid waiver for parents' health insurance. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Mike Edgerly, Minnesota Public Radio. November 5, 2008.
 

Medicaid cost to rise. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By Marsha Shuler, Baton Rouge Advocate. November 4, 2008.
 

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Massachusetts Health Care Plan

Mass. a model of healthcare reform, hurdles. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Kay Lazar, Boston Globe. November 6, 2008.
 

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Trends in Single Motherhood - Mississippi

The economics of single motherhood. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Kat Bergeron, Biloxi Sun Herald. November 6, 2008.
 

Circumstances of birth affect human capital. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Kat Bergeron, Biloxi Sun Herald. November 6, 2008.
 

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School Districts and Tax Revenue - Alabama

Alabama school districts feel the economic pinch as tax revenues decline. (ALABAMA) Read Article
By Adam Nossiter, New York Times. November 4, 2008.
 

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The Economy and Day Laborers

With economy, day laborer jobs dwindle. Read Article
By Kirk Semple, New York Times. October 19, 2008.
 

Day labor jobs drying up. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Pat Schneider, Capital Times. November 4, 2008.
 

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No Child Left Behind and School Progress

Educators say No Child Left Behind has blocked progress. Read Article
By Michael Moore, The Missoulian. November 4, 2008.
 

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Payday Lending Caps - Ohio

Voters keep payday loan caps. (OHIO) Read Article
By James Pilcher, Cincinnati Enquirer. November 4, 2008.
 

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