Poverty Dispatch - April 9, 2009

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Today's Topics in the News:

• Economic Stimulus Funding for Jobless Benefits
• Economic Stimulus Funding for Medicaid
• Early Childhood Education
• Aging out of Foster Care
• Tribal Foster Care and Adoptions
• Privatization of Social Services Systems - Texas
• Reports: Health Insurance Coverage and the Uninsured
• State Minimum Wages - Nevada, Alaska
• Food Sales Tax - Alabama
• Informal Employment Levels Worldwide

Today's Articles:

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Economic Stimulus Funding for Jobless Benefits

Faster unemployment service on the way. Read Article
By Andrea Stone, USA Today. April 8, 2009.
 

Assembly rejects $125 million for expanded jobless benefits. (VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Anita Kumar, Washington Post. April 9, 2009.
 

Va. lawmakers reject federal jobless help. (VIRGINIA) Read Article
By Julian Walker and Warren Fiske, The Virginian-Pilot. April 9, 2009.
 

California to use $415 million from stimulus to aid the unemployed. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times. April 8, 2009.
 

State, feds offer more help for the jobless. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Kathleen Pender, San Francisco Chronicle. April 9, 2009.
 

State wary of feds' offer to extend jobless aid. (ARIZONA) Read Article
By Chad Graham and Mary Jo Pitzl, Arizona Republic. April 8, 2009.
 

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Economic Stimulus Funding for Medicaid

Medicaid money to be diverted. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Marc Caputo, Miami Herald. April 7, 2009.
 

$764m in stimulus funding to go to healthcare services. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By Elizabeth Cooney, Boston Globe. March 26, 2009.
 

State should not be re-directing health care funds to other budget areas. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Stuart H. Shapiro, Patriot-News. March 31, 2009.
 

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Early Childhood Education

Recession stalls state-financed pre-kindergarten, but federal money may help. Read Article
By Sam Dillon, New York Times. April 8, 2009.
 

Study puts Arkansas in top tier for early education. (ARKANSAS) Read Article
By Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. April 9, 2009.
 

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Aging out of Foster Care

Too old for foster care, and facing the recession. Read Article
By Julie Bosman, New York Times. April 7, 2009.
 

Program prepares foster children for the future. Read Article
By Maritza Velazquez, Contra Costa Times. April 7, 2009.
 

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Tribal Foster Care and Adoptions

New law will boost tribal adoptions. Read Article
By Mary Annette Pember, Daily Yonder. April 8, 2009.
 

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Privatization of Social Services Systems - Texas

Flooded with food stamp applications, Texas halts rollout of troubled software system. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Robert T. Garrett, Dallas Morning News. April 9, 2009.
 

Texas overwhelmed by food stamp, Medicaid applications. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Corrie MacLaggan, Austin American-Statesman. April 9, 2009.
 

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Reports: Health Insurance Coverage and the Uninsured

500,000 lost health insurance, report says. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Victoria Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle. April 2, 2009.
 

Many in state doing without medical coverage, group says. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Dave Hage, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. April 7, 2009.
 

1 in 3 are uninsured in Georgia, study says. (GEORGIA) Read Article
By Tom Corwin, Augusta Chronicle. April 8, 2009.
 

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State Minimum Wages - Nevada, Alaska

Wage jump comes in July. (NEVADA) Read Article
By Jennifer Robison, Las Vegas Review-Journal. April 8, 2009.
 

Lawmakers call for minimum wage hike. (ALASKA) Read Article
Juneau Empire. April 8, 2009.
 

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Food Sales Tax - Alabama

Republicans under fire for votes on grocery tax bill. (ALABAMA) Read Article
By Bob Johnson (Associated Press), Montgomery Advertiser. April 7, 2009.
 

Alabama House GOP: Give tax rebate to offset food sales tax. (ALABAMA) Read Article
By Kim Chandler, Birmingham News. April 8, 2009.
 

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Informal Employment Levels Worldwide

Study: Informal employment at record levels. Read Article
Associated Press, Washington Post. April 5, 2009.
 

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