Poverty Dispatch - June 25, 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:

• Joblessness and Unemployment
• TANF Programs - Massachusetts, Florida
• Free and Reduced-price Lunch Program - Sacramento, CA
• Homelessness Programs - New York City
• Cellular Technology and Banking for the Poor
• Microlending and Business Training Programs
• States and Health Care Coverage
• Economic Stimulus Spending - Michigan, Kansas
• Report: Zero-tolerance and School Expulsions - Michigan
• Family and Sick Leave

Today's Articles:

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Joblessness and Unemployment

Amid Senate chaos, hope fades for a bill to raise jobless benefits. (NEW YORK) Read Article
By Patrick McGeehan, New York Times. June 24, 2009.
 

Jobless claims up by 175%. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Lynn Walker, Times Record News. June 24, 2009.
 

Texas Workforce Commission struggling to handle unemployment claims. (TEXAS) Read Article
By Alex Branch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram. June 22, 2009.
 

Florida jobless rate could remain high until 2018. (FLORIDA) Read Article
Sarasota Herald Tribune. June 24, 2009.
 

Miss. jobless rate climbs to 9.6%. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Jeff Ayres, Clarion Ledger. June 25, 2009.
 

NW counties top Ohio in joblessness. (OHIO) Read Article
By Marty Schladen, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. June 24, 2009.
 

Oregon counties see joblessness continue to worsen. (OREGON) Read Article
By Amy Hsuan, The Oregonian. June 22, 2009.
 

Unemployed hit the road to find jobs. Read Article
By Jennifer Levitz, Wall Street Journal. June 25, 2009.
 

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TANF Programs - Massachusetts, Florida

Sweeping welfare changes on tap. (MASSACHUSETTS) Read Article
By David Abel, Boston Globe. June 25, 2009.
 

Welfare case load in Florida up dramatically. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Scott Andron, Miami Herald. June 23, 2009.
 

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Free and Reduced-price Lunch Program - Sacramento, CA

Subsidized lunch program surges in Sacramento County. (SACRAMENTO, CA) Read Article
By Phillip Reese and Melody Gutierrez, Sacramento Bee. June 24, 2009.
 

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Homelessness Programs - New York City

City seeks new powers in its stalled fight against homelessness. (NEW YORK CITY) Read Article
By Julie Bosman, New York Times. June 23, 2009.
 

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Cellular Technology and Banking for the Poor

Mobile money seen as chance for world's poorest. Read Article
By Georgina Prodhan, Washington Post. June 24, 2009.
 

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Microlending and Business Training Programs

Lending talent, and money, on a micro scale. Read Article
By Kate Murphy, New York Times. June 24, 2009.
 

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States and Health Care Coverage

States assert place in health-care debate. Read Article
By Michael A. Fletcher, Washington Post. June 25, 2009.
 

States fight Medicaid expansion. Read Article
By Jonathan Weisman, Wall Street Journal. June 23, 2009.
 

Wisconsin's uninsured adults get a lift with BadgerCare Plus Core Plan. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Shawn Doherty, Capital Times. June 23, 2009.
 

Medicaid patients may pay. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Natalie Chandler, Clarion Ledger. June 25, 2009.
 

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Economic Stimulus Spending - Michigan, Kansas

Stimulus billions supply critical pain relief for Michigan. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
Editorial, Detroit Free Press. June 25, 2009.
 

Schools look at how to spend stimulus. (KANSAS) Read Article
by Lori Yount, Wichita Eagle. June 22, 2009.
 

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Report: Zero-tolerance and School Expulsions - Michigan

ACLU: Mich. zero-tolerance law unfair to students. (MICHIGAN) Read Article
By David Eggert (Associated Press), Chicago Tribune. June 24, 2009.
 

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Family and Sick Leave

Push for time off gains in many states. Read Article
By Michael Sanserino, Wall Street Journal. June 22, 2009.
 

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