Poverty Dispatch - May 4, 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:

• States and Economic Stimulus Spending
• Homelessness and Housing
• Medicaid Funding - Michigan, Florida
• Poverty and Food Stamp Enrollment
• Child Welfare and Foster Care
• High School Dropout Age - Connecticut
• Early Childhood Education - Ohio
• Editorial: Poverty in Illinois
• Unemployment and Poverty Alleviation - Japan
• Health Care and the Uninsured

Today's Articles:

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States and Economic Stimulus Spending

States vexed by stimulus challenges. Read Article
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org. May 1, 2009.
 

Stimulus money puts teachers in layoff limbo. Read Article
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor. April 21, 2009.
 

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Homelessness and Housing

S.F. making strides to solve homeless problem. (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) Read Article
By Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle. May 3, 2009.
 

Lack of housing, funding, support dooms many mentally ill residents to a life on the streets. (DALLAS, TX) Read Article
By Kim Horner, Dallas Morning News. May 3, 2009.
 

The new homeless. (NORTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Elizabeth Leland, Charlotte Observer. May 4, 2009.
 

Schools, agencies seeing big increase in homeless families. Read Article
By Kate Bolduan, CNN.com. May 2, 2009.
 

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Medicaid Funding - Michigan, Florida

Michigan braces for $300M budget cut. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Charlie Cain, Detroit News. May 2, 2009.
 

Hospital group fights Granholm's Medicaid cuts. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By Patricia Anstett, Detroit Free Press. May 4, 2009.
 

Jeb Bush's Medicaid legacy frets lawmakers. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Marc Caputo, Miami Herald. May 2, 2009.
 

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Poverty and Food Stamp Enrollment

One in seven Wisconsin kids live in poverty, report says. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Ben Poston, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. May 4, 2009.
 

Applications for foods stamps surge in South Florida. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Linda Trischitta and C. Ron Allen, South Florida Sun-Sentinel. May 3, 2009.
 

New law won't keep immigrants from food help. (UTAH) Read Article
By Julia Lyon, Salt Lake Tribune. May 2, 2009.
 

Food stamp numbers tell story. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Patriot-News. May 2, 2009.
 

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Child Welfare and Foster Care

Child-welfare agency progressing, report says. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Adrienne Lu, Philadelphia Inquirer. April 28, 2009.
 

Higher marks for child welfare system. (NEW JERSEY) Read Article
By Susan K. Livio, Star-Ledger. April 28, 2009.
 

Foster-care grads still need help. (Opinion) Read Article
By Darryl E. Owens, Orlando Sentinel. May 2, 2009.
 

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High School Dropout Age - Connecticut

Push on to raise state's dropout age. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Ken Dixon, Connecticut Post. April 30, 2009.
 

Money is the issue with dropout age bill. (CONNECTICUT) Read Article
By Amanda Falcone, Record-Journal. April 30, 2009.
 

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Early Childhood Education - Ohio

Budget penalizes poor preschoolers. (OHIO) Read Article
By Catherine Candisky, Columbus Dispatch. May 3, 2009.
 

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Editorial: Poverty in Illinois

Poverty is not a permanent condition. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, The Southern. May 2, 2009.
 

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Unemployment and Poverty Alleviation - Japan

Joblessness spurs shift in Japan's views on poverty. (JAPAN) Read Article
By John Murphy, Wall Street Journal. May 2, 2009.
 

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Health Care and the Uninsured

Santa Clara County's emergency rooms strained by uninsured. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Michael Torrice, Mercury News. May 4, 2009.
 

Proposals would reduce uninsured in Texas. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Corrie MacLaggan, Austin American-Statesman. May 4, 2009.
 

Majority of Iowans want public health insurance plan. (IOWA) Read Article
By Tony Leys, Des Moines Register. May 3, 2009.
 

Uninsured adults at center of debate. (IOWA) Read Article
By Tony Leys, Des Moines Register. May 3, 2009.
 

Uninsured Iowans tell their stories. (IOWA) Read Article
By Tony Leys, Des Moines Register. May 3, 2009.
 

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