Poverty Dispatch - May 18, 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:

• Costs of Services and Goods for the Poor
• Aid Programs and Application Processes - Indiana, Colorado
• Social Services and Budget Cuts - Minnesota, California
• People Living in Poverty - Germany, Kosovo
• The World's Poor and Natural Disasters
• Kids Count Report - Missouri
• Joblessness and Unemployment
• High School Dropout Rates
• Healthy Families Act
• Health Insurance Coverage

Today's Articles:

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Costs of Services and Goods for the Poor

Poor? Pay up. Read Article
By DeNeen L. Brown, Washington Post. May 18, 2009.
 

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Aid Programs and Application Processes - Indiana, Colorado

Food stamp errors climb. (INDIANA) Read Article
By Angela Mapes Turner, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. May 17, 2009.
 

Heads buried on welfare benefits. (COLORADO) Read Article
Editorial, Denver Post. May 16, 2009.
 

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Social Services and Budget Cuts - Minnesota, California

House upholds health, tax vetoes. (MINNESOTA) Read Article
By Don Davis, Rosemount Town Pages. May 18, 2009.
 

Public assistance agencies brace for deeper cuts in state funding. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Lora Hines, Press-Enterprise. May 16, 2009.
 

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People Living in Poverty - Germany, Kosovo

Poverty atlas shows huge social divide in Germany. (GERMANY) Read Article
Deutsche Welle. May 18, 2009.
 

Poverty, unemployment still plague Kosovo. (KOSOVO) Read Article
By Besa Beqiri, Southeast European Times. May 18, 2009.
 

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The World's Poor and Natural Disasters

UN: Growth of slums boosting natural disaster risk. Read Article
By Brian Murphy (Associated Press), Washington Post. May 17, 2009.
 

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Kids Count Report - Missouri

Children living well — and not so well — in area, study finds. (MISSOURI) Read Article
By Nancy Cambria, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 18, 2009.
 

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Joblessness and Unemployment

Texas weighs stronger jobless safety net. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Claudia Grisales, Austin American-Statesman. May 15, 2009.
 

Jobless rates hardest on African-American, Hispanic men. Read Article
By Jim Stinson, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. May 17, 2009.
 

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High School Dropout Rates

Dropout factories. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, New York Times. May 17, 2009.
 

Blacks, Latinos lead Vallejo dropout rates. (CALIFORNIA) Read Article
By Shauntel Lowe, Times-Herald. May 18, 2009.
 

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Healthy Families Act

Bill would guarantee up to 7 paid sick days. Read Article
By Steven Greenhouse, New York Times. May 15, 2009.
 

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Health Insurance Coverage

Low-cost health program lagging. (BALTIMORE, MD) Read Article
By Larry Carson, Baltimore Sun. May 18, 2009.
 

Children's Health Insurance Program bill passes in House. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Robert T. Garrett, Dallas Morning News. May 16, 2009.
 

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