Rural Poverty News
"Arbogast noted that the proposals to increase competition and adoption rates among low-income and minority communities will be well received by Congress."
"An amendment by Rep. Mario Goico, R-Wichita, to restore the cuts failed on a voice vote. Goico expressed worry that cuts to Medicaid, which offers health insurance to low-income people, would harm nursing homes or cause them to close down, particularly in rural areas."
"Despite great strides in the effort to improve dental access for Maryland's poorest children, few dentists accept Medicaid patients on the Lower Shore."
"Disconnections for low-income customers jumped 28% statewide from September 2008 to August 2009, compared with the previous 12 months, according to an independent arm of the Public Utilities Commission."
"The USF was created to establish essential communications links for low-income residents in underserved areas... [H]owever, the program has grown into something that helps well-connected business more than it helps the needy get connected."
"Beginning in March, some low-income expectant mothers may help in knocking down the county's crime rate. The county received a $2.7 million grant in December to start Early Head Start programs in South Dos Palos, Atwater, Merced and Delhi."
"'They are destroying their very humble shelter and at the same time offering no alternative housing,' said Latino advocate Rev. Allan Ramirez. Ramirez said he referred to government-run, long-term housing for the homeless."
"McInvaill and other staff members came up with an innovative plan to lure youth into reading programs by equipping the building with interactive video game facilities. To use the Xboxes and personal computers, youngsters must... check out at least four books a month."
"he situation shows no signs of improving immediately for two primary reasons: About 20 percent of residents lack health insurance, and the area is woefully short on doctors."
"Indians could benefit from broader overhaul programs for low-income and uninsured citizens, but they do not want to relinquish the health care they claim as a historical right"
"By 2000, a quarter of the residents were over 65 and almost 16 percent lived in poverty about 4 percent higher than the national average."
"In partnership with the Community Foundation of the Ozarks and Commerce Trust Company in Springfield, eight service agencies received a total of $109,475 in grants Tuesday. All the grants were targeted to help reduce the impact of rural poverty."
""There's a fundamental difference between the homeless here and the urban homeless. It's the hidden homeless. You really have to be creative in the way you approach the situation,' Lasky said."
"Palm Beach County Schools Superintendent Arthur Johnson said that while none of the schools in his county has a failing grade, it is difficult to get talented young teachers to go to Pahokee because of its isolation... He added that Pahokee's poverty causes challenges."
"They argue that some of the most efficient hospitals are in affluent and rural areas that do not face the same challenges, including higher poverty and cost of living, as New York. 'This line of inquiry is destructive to urban centers,' said Dr. Kenneth L. Davis..."
"Such widespread poverty forced people nearly out of the cash economy. As the late Benjamin Roth... wrote in his recently published The Great Depression: A Diary, 'In most cases the people moving to the farm feel they will at least be sure of plenty of food for their families.'"
"Although noting complaints of negative stereotypes in the Sawyer 20/20 show on children in poverty, Beshear announced a 'major initiative' this week to combat Kentucky's low standing in dental health at the bottom of the nation with West Virginia..."
"A survey by the Brookings Institution in 2004 found that low-income people in suburbs are typically farther away from social service providers than people in cities. A resident in a high-poverty area in Washington... would be close to an average of five job training providers..."
"West said the turbines initially 'are not going to make a huge impact' on the church's energy bill... Church leaders, he said, 'are trying to be good stewards of the donors' money, and what's a better way to spend it - on electricity or food for impoverished families?'"
"Today, with fewer farms in the region, Grange chapters have become a social order that supports various charities, including foster care groups, the state Division of Social Services, local food pantries, homeless shelters, and the Beverly School for the Deaf, officials said."
"Louisiana has been somewhat shielded from the worst of the nation's economic decline, so the level of need may surprise some people. But unemployment numbers are rising here, the poverty level is consistently high and many working people have had their hours cut."
"The company has offered to buy generators for schools and sent debit cards to low-income elderly residents in case their homes are without power and they need to evacuate."
"The ash has created more than 30 jobs for local residents in a county where the unemployment rate is 17 percent and a third of all households are below the poverty line."
"Mr. Haversat, a Republican state central committee member who is running for first selectman, has suggested that what is actually proposed is a zone for 'low income' housing that could add hundreds of children to town schools."
"...[It's] a poor region, where almost a quarter of residents live in poverty and the median income is $34,000. An older population of established farmers, many of them descendants of Dust Bowl refugees, is slowly being replaced by younger and poorer families with low-paying jobs..."
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