Health and Poverty News
"The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has received a $2 million grant that it plans to match with another $2 million to help up to 10 low-income and rural communities."
"In Massachusetts, the health insurance reform plan instituted in 2006 by Gov. Mitt Romney used existing health expenditures to offer insurance subsidies to individuals with incomes up to 300 percent of the federal poverty line..."
"There are more uninsured residents of Texas... than there are people in 33 states. The state's elected officials might be expected, therefore, to cheer a federal health care law that is likely to deliver billions of dollars from Washington to Austin and cover millions of low-income Texans."
"Good Prospects will allow Goodwill to customize services to help people in North Louisiana find jobs, earn paychecks and care for their families."
"New Jersey's family planning health centers are bracing for reduced hours, layoffs, and even closings after Gov. Christie's veto of a bill to restore $7.5 million for women's health services."
"She said that finding the money and capacity to make sure no one is living like this in the United States should not be an issue. 'It's not fair for our children,' Pierson said. 'Being raised in a low-income area is burden enough.'"
"But the state also saw a 30 percent spike in children living in poverty, from 10 percent to 13 percent, according to the report. Still, Nebraska ranked 10th in that category. The national average increased slightly during that time period, from 17 to 18 percent."
"Larry Green is superintendent of a rural school district that stretches alongside the Mississippi River, and he knows how challenging life can be for children from poor families."
"New Hampshire again ranks No. 1 nationally in an annual survey on children's well-being. But the numbers also indicate a growing problem in the state: poverty."
"Even Fairport, which has fewer low-income students, increased its regular lunch prices for the upcoming school year. Although the charge does not affect free or reduced-price applicants, it's a sign of the cost it takes to provide sufficient, well-balanced meals."
"The EBT Farmers Market Program was first used in 2007 as a way to help low-income Montanans obtain local, healthy food. The first year of the program yielded $5,000 in EBT purchases, which increased to $32,000 in 2009."
"A lack of transportation, poverty, and a harsh winter climate are among the many factors preventing Northern California residents from receiving adequate health care."
"The program is affiliated with San Francisco General and UC San Francisco and serves about 750 patients a year. Most come from neighborhoods scarred by poverty and crime. It has been threatened with budget cuts... which took it over three years ago."
"Heterosexuals living below the poverty line in U.S. cities are five times as likely as the nation's general population to be HIV-positive, regardless of their race or ethnicity, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday."
"The study, released yesterday, suggests that HIV is epidemic in certain poverty-stricken urban neighborhoods. And, more significantly, poor heterosexuals in those areas were twice as likely to be infected as heterosexuals who lived in the same community but had more money."
"The dire circumstances result from a confluence of factors, including dwindling federal financing for HIV and AIDS programs, rising drug costs, escalating poverty and the implementation of more proactive testing and treatment initiatives that have swollen the ranks of new HIV patients..."
"Poverty is perhaps the most important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with the AIDS virus, according to the first government study of its kind. The study, released Monday, suggests that HIV is epidemic in certain poverty-stricken urban neighborhoods."
"Starting Aug. 1, many low-income patients will get a break when they go to Cheyenne Health and Wellness Center. The poorest patients - those at 33 percent of the federal poverty level or below - will not have to pay for a visit with the doctor."
"More children in high-poverty areas could soon be enrolled in the federal free school lunch program and schools would be reimbursed a higher amount of those lunches under a new piece of legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives."
"Where the dream experience had become a nightmare, Rouse says, was in the cafeteria. The low-income campers are entitled to free lunch, but the food provided through the government subsidy of $2.60 per child is often fried, canned and processed beyond recognition."
"Bautista is one of the 751,393 Bay State residents now reliant on food stamps, and she's grateful to be able to purchase what David Dumaresq offers... And Dumaresq, who estimates that 40 percent of his revenue comes from sales to low-income households, is happy to oblige."
"Mayor Mufi Hannemann said Wednesday he wants to test a plan that would force severely mentally ill homeless people to receive treatment."
"Focusing on helping fight childhood obesity and homeless health problems, Mercy Medical Center has grants available worth $82,000... This year the grants are available to groups focusing on childhood obesity, health issues for the homeless and teen pregnancy."
"The medical center auxiliary coordinates the Newborn Layette Project, which has been a community service for more than 30 years. The project assembles layettes for needy newborns, and as many as 200 layettes are given to low-income mothers..."
"Roughly 73,000 people in low-income neighborhoods in Mecklenburg County are at greater risk of dying early from heart disease because they can't buy fresh produce, dairy or meat in their neighborhoods."
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