Poverty Dispatch - March 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:

• Medicaid and Dental Coverage
• Aging Out of Foster Care
• Homelessness and Housing
• Joblessness and Unemployment
• State Reports: Poverty and Self-sufficiency
• Free and Reduced-price Lunch Program - Massachusetts
• Immigrant Workers and Unemployment
• Economic Stimulus Spending
• Communication Technology and the Homeless - Washington, D.C.
• Commentary: Global Poverty

Today's Articles:

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Medicaid and Dental Coverage

Governor would cut dental coverage for 38,000 poor adults. (RHODE ISLAND) Read Article
By Steve Peoples, Providence Journal. March 20, 2009.
 

Dental program would fill needs. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Tarryl Jackson, Jackson Citizen Patriot. March 23, 2009.
 

Low Medicaid payments lead to lack of dental care for kids. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By John Dorschner, Miami Herald. March 22, 2009.
 

Uninsured Missourians struggle to find dental care. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Laura Herring, Columbia Missourian. March 20, 2009.
 

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Aging Out of Foster Care

Statistics are grim for teens leaving foster care. Read Article
By Eric Pera, Lakeland Ledger. March 20, 2009.
 

New plan keeps young adults in the foster system. Read Article
By Karamagi Rujumba, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 23, 2009.
 

Foster kids get help after 'aging out.' Read Article
By Zinie Chen Sampson (Associated Press), Richmond Times-Dispatch. March 23, 2009.
 

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Homelessness and Housing

Shelters are full and as jobs dry up, climbing out of homelessness gets harder. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Scott Kraus, Allentown Morning Call. March 23, 2009.
 

Permanent housing facility for chronically homeless men open in Rochester. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Ernst Lamothe Jr., Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. March 17, 2009.
 

Homeless get places to call their own. (KENTUCKY) Read Article
By Karla Ward, Lexington Herald-Leader. March 21, 2009.
 

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Joblessness and Unemployment

California unemployment hits 10.5% in February. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times. March 21, 2009.
 

20-week extension for jobless benefits headed for a vote this week. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee. March 23, 2009.
 

Blacks lose ground in job slump. Read Article
By Ronald D. White and Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times. March 21, 2009.
 

Unemployment hits harder among Latinos, blacks. Read Article
By Jesse Washington (Associated Press), Miami Herald. March 23, 2009.
 

A governor says no to money, and reaps boos. (NEVADA) Read Article
By Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times. March 20, 2009.
 

Young and old are facing off for jobs. Read Article
By Steven Greenhouse, New York Times. March 20, 2009.
 

Tracking the recession: How layoffs affect one small town. (SOUTH DAKOTA) Read Article
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org. March 23, 2009.
 

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State Reports: Poverty and Self-sufficiency

Hawaii incomes fall short. (HAWAII) Read Article
By Greg Wiles, Honolulu Advertiser. March 23, 2009.
 

Poverty report confirms rising numbers. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Sara Foss, Schenectady Daily Gazette. March 22, 2009.
 

Report: Poor families hurt by lack of assets. (NORTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Natasha Robinson, Rocky Mount Telegram. March 19, 2009.
 

Report: Recession to put 40,000 more state kids in poverty. (WASHINGTON) Read Article
By Vanessa Ho, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. March 20, 2009.
 

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Free and Reduced-price Lunch Program - Massachusetts

More students get subsidized lunches. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Rachana Rathi, Boston Globe. March 23, 2009.
 

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Immigrant Workers and Unemployment

A slippery place in the U.S. work force. Read Article
By Julia Preston, New York Times. March 21, 2009.
 

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Economic Stimulus Spending

Promise and peril of the stimulus. Read Article
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org. March 20, 2009.
 

Rural areas hope stimulus package includes funds for broadband. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. March 22, 2009.
 

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Communication Technology and the Homeless - Washington, D.C.

On D.C. streets, the cellphone as lifeline. (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Read Article
By Petula Dvorak, Washington Post. March 23, 2009.
 

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Commentary: Global Poverty

Commentary: 3 billion poor people need world's help. (Commentary) Read Article
By Jeffrey D. Sachs, CNN.com. March 20, 2009.
 

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