Poverty Dispatch - February 23, 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:

• Economic Stimulus Spending and State Governments
• Economic Stimulus Spending and Education
• Economic Stimulus Spending and Homelessness
• Local Governments and Public Assistance
• Schools and Homeless Children - Tennessee
• Food Assistance Programs
• Colleges, Low-income Students, and Financial Aid
• Widows and Aid Programs - Iraq
• Faith-Based Organizations and Fighting Poverty
• Housing Subsidies Rent Bias Law - New York City
• Neighborhoods and Home Foreclosures

Today's Articles:

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Economic Stimulus Spending and State Governments

Government gets chance to prove it can work. Read Article
By Alec MacGillis, Washington Post. February 23, 2009.
 

At meeting, governors share plans for stimulus funds. Read Article
By Philip Rucker, Washington Post. February 22, 2009.
 

Governors hope to guide spending of stimulus funds. Read Article
By Philip Rucker, Washington Post. February 23, 2009.
 

Stimulus: No blank check for states. Read Article
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org. February 20, 2009.
 

Govs look to shape energy, transportation. Read Article
By Daniel C. Vock, Stephen C. Fehr and Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org. February 23, 2009.
 

The great stimulus scramble. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Kevin Diaz, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. February 21, 2009.
 

State's stimulus to top $9 billion. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Diana Marrero, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. February 23, 2009.
 

Kentuckiana may get $55 million in stimulus money. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Marcus Green, Louisville Courier-Journal. February 22, 2009.
 

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Economic Stimulus Spending and Education

Missouri and Illinois prepare for billions in school stimulus cash. Read Article
By David Hunn and Valerie Schremp Hahn, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. February 23, 2009.
 

Even with stimulus, schools still making budget cuts. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Tom Weber, Minnesota Public Radio. February 20, 2009.
 

California schools struggling with budget-trimming decisions. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times. February 23, 2009.
 

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Economic Stimulus Spending and Homelessness

Federal spending on preventing homelessness to increase at least 10-fold to $1.5 billion. Read Article
By Kevin Freking (Associated Press), Chicago Tribune. February 19, 2009.
 

Homeless advocates cheer infusion of cash from Obama administration. Read Article
By Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel. February 20, 2009.
 

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Local Governments and Public Assistance

Indiana townships do a poor job of poor relief. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Mark Alesia, Heather Gillers, Tim Evans and Mark Nichols, Indianapolis Star. February 22, 2009.
 

Toledo agencies that offer aid fear what's over horizon. (OHIO) Read Article
By Steve Eder, Toledo Blade. February 22, 2009.
 

20% in Los Angeles County receive public aid. (LOS ANGELES, CA) Read Article
By Garrett Therolf, Los Angeles Times. February 22, 2009.
 

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Schools and Homeless Children - Tennessee

Homeless kids flood shelters and schools. (TENNESSEE) Read Article
By Clay Carey and Christina E. Sanchez, The Tennessean. February 22, 2009.
 

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Food Assistance Programs

Newly poor swell lines at food banks. Read Article
By Julie Bosman, New York Times. February 19, 2009.
 

No lunch left behind. (Opinion) Read Article
By Alice Waters and Katrina Heron, New York Times. February 19, 2009.
 

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Colleges, Low-income Students, and Financial Aid

The big test before college? The financial aid form. Read Article
By Tamar Lewin, New York Times. February 21, 2009.
 

Colleges keep students in school with extra aid. Read Article
By Tim Martin (Associated Press), Crain's Detroit Business. February 13, 2009.
 

Student aid going untapped. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, St. Petersburg Times. February 23, 2009.
 

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Widows and Aid Programs - Iraq

Iraq’s war widows face dire need with little aid. (IRAQ) Read Article
By Timothy Williams, New York Times. February 22, 2009.
 

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Faith-Based Organizations and Fighting Poverty

Government cutbacks leave faith-based services hurting. Read Article
By Jacqueline L. Salmon, Washington Post. February 20, 2009.
 

Poverty fight unites Christians on left, right. Read Article
By Jacqueline L. Salmon, Washington Post. February 21, 2009.
 

Fight against poverty unites Christian left and right. Read Article
By Jane Lampman, Christian Science Monitor. February 18, 2009.
 

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Housing Subsidies Rent Bias Law - New York City

Judge upholds city ban on Section 8 rent bias. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Manny Fernandez, New York Times. February 19, 2009.
 

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Neighborhoods and Home Foreclosures

U.S. spending more to buy foreclosures. Read Article
By Katrina Goggins (Associated Press), USA Today. February 21, 2009.
 

Foreclosures spur neighborhood ghost towns. (CHICAGO, IL) Read Article
By Azam Ahmed and Darnell Little, Chicago Tribune. February 22, 2009.
 

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