Poverty Dispatch - November 24, 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:

• Unemployment, Jobless Benefits, and Job Centers
• Increasing Need for Social Services
• Programs and State Information Systems - Indiana, Idaho
• Elderly People Living in Poverty
• Medicaid Payments for Unapproved Medications
• Hospitals' Finances, Medicaid Cuts, and Uncompensated Care
• Report: Uninsured Children and Families
• Foster Care Programs
• Nebraska Safe Haven Law
• State Economy - Michigan
• Home Foreclosures and Renters
• Second Chance Act and Prisoner Reentry
• Green Initiatives and Low-income Housing
• Post-Hurricane Katrina Permanent Housing
• The Economy and School Districts
• Study: Achievement of Students Living in Public Housing

Today's Articles:

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Unemployment, Jobless Benefits, and Job Centers

Bush signs bill providing extra jobless benefits. Read Article
By Jennifer Loven (Associated Press), Washington Post. November 21, 2008.
 

As jobless funds fall, states look to raise taxes. Read Article
By Marisol Bello, USA Today. November 20, 2008.
 

Job centers see crush of people in need. Read Article
By Damien Cave, New York Times. November 23, 2008.
 

Job seekers face growing challenges. Read Article
By Sara Foss, Schenectady Daily Gazette. November 23, 2008.
 

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Increasing Need for Social Services

A long winter. Read Article
By Megan K. Scott (Associated Press), Vacaville Reporter. November 23, 2008.
 

Tucson economic misery stressing relief agencies. (TUCSON, AZ) Read Article
By Patty Machelor, Arizona Daily Star. November 23, 2008.
 

Rochester-area charities feel pinch across the board. (ROCHESTER, NY) Read Article
By Erica Bryant, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 23, 2008.
 

Demand for social services rises as funding falls. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Cynthia Hubert, Sacramento Bee. November 24, 2008.
 

More Tulsans in need. (TULSA, OK) Read Article
By Ginnie Graham, Tulsa World. November 24, 2008.
 

Lean times at the dinner table. (LONG ISLAND, NY) Read Article
By Michael Amon, Newsday. November 22, 2008.
 

Demand for state's food-stamp program increases. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By Michelle Dupler, Seattle Times. November 24, 2008.
 

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Programs and State Information Systems - Indiana, Idaho

State changes welfare system rules. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Brandi Waters, Anderson Herald Bulletin. November 22, 2008.
 

Idaho audit: Medicaid database still has problems. (IDAHO) Read Article
By Rebecca Boone, Fort Mill Times. November 20, 2008.
 

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Elderly People Living in Poverty

Hard times hardest on elderly poor. Read Article
By Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, San Antonio Express-News. November 23, 2008.
 

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Medicaid Payments for Unapproved Medications

Govt pays for risky unapproved drugs. Read Article
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Frank Bass (Associated Press), Modesto Bee. November 19, 2008.
 

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Hospitals' Finances, Medicaid Cuts, and Uncompensated Care

Added Medicaid cuts raise concerns. (NEVADA) Read Article
By Annette Wells, Las Vegas Review-Journal. November 22, 2008.
 

Seacoast hospitals up in arms over $29m Medicaid cut. (NEW HAMPSHIRE) Read Article
By Robert M. Cook, Foster's Daily Democrat. November 22, 2008.
 

Uncompensated care is growing hospital burden. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Gary Pettus, Clarion Ledger. November 23, 2008.
 

More than half of Alabama hospitals reporting their finances are losing money. (ALABAMA) Read Article
By Anna Velasco, Birmingham News. November 23, 2008.
 

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Report: Uninsured Children and Families

Most uninsured kids are from working families. (TENNESSEE) Read Article
By Nicole Young, The Tennessean. November 21, 2008.
 

Ranks of uninsured kids in state fall, report says. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Daniel Lee, Indianapolis Star. November 21, 2008.
 

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Foster Care Programs

Area's neediest teenagers learn the financial facts of life. (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Read Article
By Michael Alison Chandler, Washington Post. November 23, 2008.
 

Foster families face many challenges. (NEW HAMPSHIRE) Read Article
By Robert M. Cook, Foster's Daily Democrat. November 23, 2008.
 

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Nebraska Safe Haven Law

Parents' despair is left at Nebraska's doorstep. (NEBRASKA) Read Article
By Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times. November 21, 2008.
 

Nebraska Legislature amends safe-haven law. (NEBRASKA) Read Article
By Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times. November 22, 2008.
 

Nebraska revises child safe haven law. (NEBRASKA) Read Article
By Erik Eckholm, New York Times. November 21, 2008.
 

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State Economy - Michigan

New economic fears arise in Michigan. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Susan Saulny and Monica Davey, New York Times. November 22, 2008.
 

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Home Foreclosures and Renters

Renters bear crunch’s brunt. (BOSTON, MA) Read Article
By Laura Crimaldi, Boston Herald. November 23, 2008.
 

Eviction spike leaving more Bay Staters out in the cold. (BOSTON, MA) Read Article
By Laura Crimaldi, Boston Herald. November 23, 2008.
 

L.A. City Council votes to draft law barring evictions of renters of foreclosed properties. (LOS ANGELES, CA) Read Article
By David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times. November 22, 2008.
 

Under the Needle: Law is on the landlord's side. (SEATTLE, WA) Read Article
By Mike Lewis, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. November 22, 2008.
 

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Second Chance Act and Prisoner Reentry

States want Second Chance Act funded. Read Article
By John Gramlich, Stateline.org. November 24, 2008.
 

Jobs could break cycle of violence. (WILMINGTON, DE) Read Article
By Adam Taylor, Wilmington News Journal. November 24, 2008.
 

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Green Initiatives and Low-income Housing

'Green' efforts embrace poor. Read Article
By Haya El Nasser, USA Today. November 23, 2008.
 

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Post-Hurricane Katrina Permanent Housing

Years after Katrina, permanent homes remain elusive for some. Read Article
By Chris Joyner, USA Today. November 20, 2008.
 

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The Economy and School Districts

Schools feel pinch from economic woes. Read Article
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor. November 24, 2008.
 

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Study: Achievement of Students Living in Public Housing

Children who live in public housing suffer in school, study says. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Manny Fernandez, New York Times. November 23, 2008.
 

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