Poverty Dispatch - February 19, 2009

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:

• Health Insurance Coverage and Programs
• Homelessness and Housing
• Food Assistance Programs
• Joblessness and Unemployment
• Economic Stimulus Spending
• State Budgets and Recession
• Report: Recession and Child Poverty - Virginia
• No Child Left Behind and Measuring Achievement
• Cash Incentives as Antipoverty Programs
• Adult Literacy - Pennsylvania
• Earned Income Tax Credit
• Green Building and Low-income Housing

Today's Articles:

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Health Insurance Coverage and Programs

Critics: Health care changes would burden state's poor. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Arielle Levin Becker, Hartford Courant. February 14, 2009.
 

Health plan faces delay. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By Marsha Shuler, Baton Rouge Advocate. February 13, 2009.
 

Erosion seen in child health care. (NORTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Jennifer Calhoun, Fayetteville Observer. February 19, 2009.
 

For uninsured young adults, do-it-yourself health care. Read Article
By Cara Buckley, New York Times. February 17, 2009.
 

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Homelessness and Housing

Homelessness traps more families. (LOUISVILLE, KY) Read Article
By Marcus Green, Louisville Courier-Journal. February 19, 2009.
 

State tops nation in homeless veterans. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By Bryony D. Stoker, News Star. February 17, 2009.
 

Homeless population in Anoka County soars. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Paul Levy, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. February 18, 2009.
 

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Food Assistance Programs

Despite U.S. offer, city stands firm on food stamps. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Julie Bosman, New York Times. February 17, 2009.
 

Tarrant County sees increase in applications for food stamps. (FORT WORTH, TX) Read Article
By Diane Smith, Fort Worth Star-Telegram. February 19, 2009.
 

Food stamp demand surges as economic crisis deepens. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Jin-ah Kim, Bay State Banner. February 19, 2009.
 

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Joblessness and Unemployment

Nearly 5 million getting unemployment benefits. Read Article
By Martin Crutsinger (Associated Press), Washington Post. February 19, 2009.
 

Flawed unemployment insurance call center system costing California millions. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Andrew McIntosh, Sacramento Bee. February 19, 2009.
 

Plenty of holes in the safety net. Read Article
By Diane Stafford, Kansas City Star. February 18, 2009.
 

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Economic Stimulus Spending

Stimulus would offer relief to California's jobless. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times. February 17, 2009.
 

Some governors might reject funds. Read Article
By Matt Kelley, USA Today. February 18, 2009.
 

For states, stimulus offers temporary relief. Read Article
By Michael Cooper, New York Times. February 18, 2009.
 

Obama warned over 'welfare spendathon.' Read Article
By Tony Allen-Mills, London Sunday Times. February 15, 2009.
 

Selling stimulus, Obama tours battleground states. Read Article
By Jeff Zeleny, New York Times. February 18, 2009.
 

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State Budgets and Recession

With crisis as catalyst, govs push big changes. Read Article
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org. February 19, 2009.
 

Court cuts trigger blunt warnings. Read Article
By John Gramlich, Stateline.org. February 18, 2009.
 

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Report: Recession and Child Poverty - Virginia

Recession will be hardest for children. (VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Jimmy Laroue, Waynesboro News Virginian. February 18, 2009.
 

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No Child Left Behind and Measuring Achievement

Study: No Child Left Behind rules looser in Minnesota. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Emily Johns, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. February 18, 2009.
 

Achievement bar illusory, school study concludes. (SOUTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Ron Barnett, Greenville News. February 19, 2009.
 

Passing grade varies widely by state, study finds. Read Article
By Libby Quaid (Associated Press), Tacomw News Tribune. February 19, 2009.
 

Principals say No Child Left Behind goal is unattainable. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Emily Johns, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. February 17, 2009.
 

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Cash Incentives as Antipoverty Programs

Cash incentives to save gain interest in N.Y. Read Article
By Martha T. Moore, USA Today. February 18, 2009.
 

With cities' programs for poor, it pays to save. Read Article
By Martha T. Moore, USA Today. February 18, 2009.
 

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Adult Literacy - Pennsylvania

State official: Fighting illiteracy battles poverty. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Angie Oravec, Herald-Standard. February 16, 2009.
 

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Earned Income Tax Credit

Recession could mean more qualify for earned-income tax credit. Read Article
By Eileen Ambrose, Chicago Tribune. February 15, 2009.
 

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Green Building and Low-income Housing

Building green houses for the poor. Read Article
By Bryan Walsh, Time Magazine. February 17, 2009.
 

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