States and Health Plans for the Poor
State’s poor being shifted to different medical plan, By Chen May Yee, November 10, 2009, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune: “The Pawlenty administration, which faced criticism for proposing to...
View ArticleUnemployed Workers and Increasing Need for Assistance
Michigan jobless crowd state aid offices, By Chris Christoff, November 22, 2009, Detroit Free Press: “Michigan’s welfare system is gorged with new clients who often wait hours in crowded state offices...
View ArticleKids Count Report – Wyoming
Pregnant women who smoke here more than double national average, By Becky Orr, January 25, 2010, Wyoming Tribune Eagle: “The news is troubling: Plenty of Wyoming mothers smoked when they were...
View Article2011 Kids Count Data Book – Western States
Unemployment, foreclosures drive more Utah families into poverty, By Brooke Adams, August 17, 2011, Salt Lake Tribune. Kids hit hard in recent economic downturn, By Mediha Fejzagic DiMartino, August...
View ArticleLow-income Housing – Wyoming, North Dakota
Low-income, elderly residents decry federal housing cuts, By Josh Mitchell, June 3, 2012, Wyoming Tribune Eagle: “Lillian Allen, a resident of government housing in Cheyenne, is upset about federal...
View Article2012 Kids Count Report – Western States
Oregon tumbles in report on kids, By Saerom Yoo, July 24, 2012, Statesman Journal: “An annual report that ranks the 50 states on the well-being of their children says that Oregon’s place has taken a...
View ArticleStates and Medicaid Expansion
Medicaid expansion could add thousands of jobs in state, By Liv Osby, December 7, 2012, Greenville News: “Expanding the Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act could mean some 44,000 new jobs...
View ArticleChild Support and Low-income Parents – Wyoming
Wyoming committee recalculates low-income child support payments, By Kyle Roerink, January 10, 2013, Casper Star-Tribune: “The state House Judicial Committee passed a bill Thursday that would reduce...
View ArticleHomeless Families – Wyoming, Kansas
In Wyoming, many jobs but no place to call home, By Jack Healy, January 12, 2013, New York Times: “After losing everything last year to Southern California’s soured economy, Tiffany Kipp and her...
View ArticleHomelessness and Housing – Wyoming
Caught in the Cold: Wyoming’s strong economy pushes rise in homelessness, By Benjamin Storrow, March 31, 2013, Casper Star-Tribune: “Robert Larsen spent three years crisscrossing the country looking...
View ArticleSchool Performance – Wyoming
40 percent of Wyoming schools not meeting expectations, By Leah Todd, October 26, 2013, Casper Star-Tribune: “The Wyoming Department of Education released its pilot report on school performance Friday,...
View ArticleFoster Children and Psychotropic Drug Prescriptions – Wyoming
Too much, too young? One in three Wyoming foster care children prescribed psychotropic drugs, By Leah Todd, August 10, 2014, Casper Star-Tribune: “For Cameron O’Malley, weekends at his sister’s house...
View ArticleHousing First – Wyoming
Casper officials tout early successes of year-old Housing First program, By Tom Dixon, March 10, 2015, Casper Star-Tribune: “Samantha Ludvigson often leaves food outside her house for people who live...
View ArticleState Medicaid Programs
Feds OK Medicaid privatization, with another delay, By Tony Leys and Jason Clayworth, February 23, 2016, Des Moines Register: “Gov. Terry Branstad gained federal approval Tuesday for his controversial...
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