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"But limited English proficiency, poverty and family obligations would keep many of those young people from fulfilling the proposed law's requirements for becoming a legal resident."

"Fewer low- and moderate-income high school graduates are attending college in America, and fewer are graduating."

"She said the district will only serve the neediest of preschoolers. She has a list of more than 20 considerations when deciding which children to accept. Some of those include family poverty level, education of parents and the number of caregivers in the home."

"Uk Do Lee, 81, a retired inventor from South Korea, said he had been trying since April to apply for subsidized medical coverage for low-income older people. The first thing he told a caseworker at one of the agency's offices... was, ''Korean -- no can speak English...''

"Whittle is one of 29 patients who received cataract surgery... Mission Cataract donates one day of surgery to people without the means to pay. To qualify, applicants must be a U.S. citizen without insurance and at or below the national poverty level."

"The school opens next month in a storefront in uptown Charlotte's South End. The first class consists of 18 fifth-graders, all from low-income homes, with the school expanding to grades 5-8 in the next four years."

"Two Fairfax supervisors... threatened to vote down the county's $3.3 billion budget this year because of the money, or lack thereof, for low-income school programs. About half of the county's budget is allocated to the 170,000-student school system."

"Students from low-income families are not able to replace the $3,000 the state will cut from each award to those attending private colleges. Students attending public colleges will not find an extra $1,000 available to replace what the state has cut from their aid."

"The schools are generally in poor neighborhoods, and many of their students contend with offshoots of that poverty: violence, gangs, a lack of resources at home. Students often fall years behind in their reading, math and test-taking skills"

"Lifeline was created 25 years ago to ensure landline phone access was affordable to rural and poor communities. Now, TracFone Wireless has announced a new lifeline program that provides a free cell phone and 60 minutes of free monthly time for emergencies for low-income...[and] elderly..."

"Adelante is for Laramie County residents who earn no more than 185 percent of the federal poverty limit. They also must be parents with dependent children. The program provides specialized services for the Hispanic or Latino community."

"'Jefferson is now considered a high-poverty school district with students (who) have a need for greater services, and that costs money,' said Meza, who cautions against correlating per-pupil spending with academic performance."