Women and Poverty News

The Boston Globe, March 19, 2010: The welfare cliff

"Except the extra hours bumped Fajardo's pay over the income limit for a child-care voucher, which subsidizes her son's care while she's at work. Child care is the single most expensive item in the budgets of low-income mothers."

The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 18, 2010: Family planning a big loser in N.J. budget

"Family-planning centers that largely serve low-income women would lose all of their state funding - $7.5 million - under the budget Gov. Christie proposed Tuesday. The cut, one of many in Christie's plan, falls in line with his clearly stated goal of slashing spending..."

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 17, 2010: Anti-abortion groups cry racism

"Well, paranoid theories are usually impervious to facts, but let's try some facts, anyway. Despite the obstacles many black children face --- poverty, crime, poor schools --- their numbers are not threatened. Black women have a higher birth rate than the national average."

Los Angeles Times, March 15, 2010: How do we stop predators?

"GPS tracking was expected to address that gap, but in some ways Jessica's Law has created new and unanticipated complications. The state now has a large population of sex offenders who, thanks to the law's housing restrictions, are homeless."

Chicago Tribune, March 14, 2010: Mammogram program gets a cash surge

"Thousands of low-income Illinois women who are on waiting lists for screening mammograms will be aided by $4.7 million in new funding for the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program."

Newsday, March 13, 2010: Women still lag far behind men in saving for retirement

"In 2007, 20.5 percent of unmarried women age 65 and older had incomes below 100 percent of the federal government's definition of poverty - far higher than rates experienced by men or married couples, according to Census Bureau data."

The New York Times, March 13, 2010: As the Budget Ax Swings Again, There May Be No Way to Avoid the Pain

"Disaster, like clockwork, is averted. Low-income working parents have a safe place to leave their preschoolers. The frail and the elderly make their way to a free, healthful meal at a community center. "

Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2010: A drive to reduce abortions

"They come here because Watts is one of the city's poorest neighborhoods, and abortion rates tend to be higher in low-income areas, according to the nonprofit Guttmacher Institute, a leading authority on sexual health issues."

Vallejo Times Herald, March 8, 2010: Lack of health insurance hurts widows, divorcees, like woman in Fairfield

""It's a time of critical change for older women," Wyn said. "Not only are they at risk of new and complex health conditions, but as they near the age of retirement, their insurance status may change too.""

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, March 8, 2010: Study: Women's health worsening

"Public-health experts fear the continuing economic recession will take a toll on women as deeper cuts are made in public-health programs for low-income households."

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, March 7, 2010: Stray dog ends woman's stay with housing program

"Sherri Ansley, executive director over the charity's housing, provided Jones with a list of phone numbers for homeless shelters, food pantries and other charitable housing programs. The charity also gave Jones $200, Ansley said"

Contra Costa Times, March 5, 2010: El Cerrito woman's scholarship program gives financial, emotional boost to girls at Richmond school

"She decided to dedicate her savings to a new scholarship program that would award $5,000 a year, renewable for four years, to a low-income, black, female student at Kennedy High. 'So many African-American women have a difficult time. Having an education can help them...'"

The Washington Post, March 2, 2010: Snowstorms throw delicate economics of child care off balance

"Many parents cannot afford to pay any more for their child care -- with costs rivaling their rent or mortgage payments -- and many workers cannot afford to make any less, with their wages near the poverty level."

The St. Louis Post Dispatch, February 28, 2010: Writer's hope is to 'change the world'

"The book encompasses literacy and language first and foremost, Sapphire says, but it also looks at poverty and welfare; HIV transmission among heterosexuals; colorism"

The Kansas City Star, February 28, 2010: Girl Scouts and their moms learn the merits of thrift in daylong financial workshop

"'If a young woman is not financially self-sufficient and does not have some good career plans and ends up getting pregnant and dropping out of high school, they are 90 percent likely to stay that way... That cycle of poverty will continue.”"

Des Moines Register, February 28, 2010: (Op-Ed) Young women in crisis

"Last year, 24 percent of clients surveyed by the Young Women's Resource Center in Des Moines had hurt themselves on purpose; a third had eating disorders; a quarter had attempted or considered suicide; 21 percent had been pregnant..."

The Oklahoman, February 26, 2010: Cash for eggs banned in bill

"Low-income women and college students are especially vulnerable to enticements to undergo the procedure Hamilton described as complicated, dangerous and painful, including prodding and surgery."

The Star Press, February 22, 2010: Offering shelter is her job and joy

"For homeless families and mothers with children who come seeking assistance from Christian Ministries of Delaware County, hope comes in the form of Claretta Jolly."

The Philadelphia Daily News, February 22, 2010: Is home where the heart is? Should poverty and inability to find & keep appropriate housing tear mother from child?

"Desensitized bureaucrats too often equate poverty with neglect and seize children away from biological parents whose only "offense" is hardship, critics charge."

The New York Times, February 21, 2010: The Breast Whisperer

"Ms. Rosenfeld took a job after graduating from Brooklyn College at a nutrition center for low-income women, where her devotion to breast-feeding began."

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 18, 2010: Woman helped people in need

"Of all the posts in her 33-year career, her husband said Sarasota, Fla., proved to be the most interesting and satisfying. The couple played a role in the construction of a $10.5 million homeless shelter there."

The Virginian-Pilot, February 18, 2010: Social-service groups ponder the rationale of planned cuts

"Smith takes exception to cuts McDonnell recommended for school meals, homeless people, juvenile crime prevention, and a state insurance program for low-income children and pregnant women."

The Boston Globe, February 16, 2010: Breaking patterns that derail their lives

"Jessica McLeod, a former drug user who had lost everything, sat with a group of counselors in a South Boston meeting room recently, huddled over a pile of papers. Together, the group was setting up a plan to dig her out of poverty."

The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 15, 2010: Fears that Rendell's budget shortchanges needy

"Battered by deep cuts last year, groups that offer services to the disabled, the elderly, and children are wincing at what they see in Gov. Rendell's latest proposed budget."

The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 15, 2010: In hard times, Americans blame the poor

"Twenty-five percent of African Americans, 23 percent of Latinos, and 9 percent of whites live in poverty. Overall, 13 percent of the U.S. population is poor. In Philadelphia, it's closer to 25 percent."

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