Poverty Dispatch - April 16, 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:

• Children and Families of Unauthorized Immigrants
• Cuts and Changes to Public Assistance Programs - Wisconsin, California, Indiana
• Food Assistance and Nutrition
• Child Welfare System - Oklahoma
• Children's Health Insurance Coverage
• Jobless Benefit Claims
• Race and Drug-Crime Prisoners
• Report: Affordable Housing and Rents
• Community Colleges and Unemployed Workers
• Financial Aid and Low-income Students

Today's Articles:

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Children and Families of Unauthorized Immigrants

Study: More children of illegal immigrants being born in US; they face high odds of poverty. Read Article
By Hope Yen (Associated Press), Chicago Tribune. April 14, 2009.
 

Study: Poverty more likely for kids of illegal immigrants. Read Article
By Sara Olkon, Chicago Tribune. April 15, 2009.
 

Illegal immigrants' legal kids snarl policy. Read Article
By N.C. Aizenman, Washington Post. April 15, 2009.
 

Illegal immigrants dispersing. Read Article
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org. April 14, 2009.
 

Illegal immigration slowdown in California. Read Article
By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times. April 15, 2009.
 

Children of immigrants less likely to get benefits. Read Article
By Pam Fessler, National Public Radio. April 15, 2009.
 

Deportation forces families left behind to seek public aid. Read Article
By Georgia East, Miami Herald. April 16, 2009.
 

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Cuts and Changes to Public Assistance Programs - Wisconsin, California, Indiana

Doyle proposes loosening rules of W-2 program. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Steve Schultze, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. April 2, 2009.
 

Doyle given opportunity to remake W-2 program. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Eugene Kane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. April 6, 2009.
 

The real W-2 problem is stagnant pay. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Matthew Desmond, Wisconsin State Journal. April 13, 2009.
 

Some jobless aren't down and out enough to qualify for aid. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times. March 26, 2009.
 

L.A. County to consider loosening public assistance. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
Contra Costa Times. April 7, 2009.
 

Sacramentans brace for cuts in disability, welfare benefits. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee. April 14, 2009.
 

Welfare applications streamlined. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Ken Kusmer (Associated Press), Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. April 7, 2009.
 

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Food Assistance and Nutrition

Recession causes more to turn to food stamps. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Liz Van Hooser, Florida Times-Union. April 16, 2009.
 

Food stamps bureaucracy hinders healthful eating. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Liz Van Hooser, Florida Times-Union. April 16, 2009.
 

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Child Welfare System - Oklahoma

New DHS child safety plan in use. (OKLAHOMA) Read Article
By Ginnie Graham, Tulsa World. April 12, 2009.
 

Learning in field and office. (OKLAHOMA) Read Article
By Ginnie Graham, Tulsa World. April 13, 2009.
 

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Children's Health Insurance Coverage

N.J. families with uninsured kids to get insurance application with tax forms. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Susan K. Livio, Star-Ledger. April 14, 2009.
 

Missouri lawmakers reject expanded children's health care plan. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By David A. Lieb (Associated Press), Columbia Missourian. April 15, 2009.
 

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Jobless Benefit Claims

Jobless claims top 6M; housing starts plummet. Read Article
By Christopher S. Rugaber (Associated Press), Washington Post. April 16, 2009.
 

Jobless claims drop but continued claims at record. Read Article
By Alister Bull, Washington Post. April 16, 2009.
 

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Race and Drug-Crime Prisoners

Decline in blacks in prison for drug crimes reverses 25-year trend. Read Article
By Alexandra Marks, Christian Science Monitor. April 14, 2009.
 

A racial shift in drug-crime prisoners. Read Article
By Darryl Fears, Washington Post. April 15, 2009.
 

Number of blacks in state prisons for drug crimes drops. Read Article
By Crocker Stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. April 14, 2009.
 

Blacks' prison disparity grows in Iowa. (IOWA) Read Article
By Lee Rood, Des Moines Register. April 15, 2009.
 

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Report: Affordable Housing and Rents

Rent often too big a bite. (OHIO) Read Article
By Rita Price, Columbus Dispatch. April 15, 2009.
 

Rents still out of reach for some in R.I. (RHODE ISLAND) Read Article
By Paul Edward Parker, Providence Journal. April 15, 2009.
 

Utah's rental market is squeezing residents. (UTAH) Read Article
By James Thalman, Deseret News. April 15, 2009.
 

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Community Colleges and Unemployed Workers

Community colleges play key role in tough economic times. Read Article
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor. April 11, 2009.
 

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Financial Aid and Low-income Students

Plan to change student lending sets up a fight. Read Article
By David M. Herszenhorn, New York Times. April 12, 2009.
 

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