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Articles in January, 2005 issue of Economic Opportunity Report

• ACLU seeks contempt finding in La. abstinence education program.(American Civil Liberties Union)
• Section 8 housing voucher payments to be cut by 4 percent for FY05.
• Florida Pre-K.(early childhood education)(Brief Article)
• Housing NOFA.(Federal Register)
• The year ahead.(Slants & Trends)
• Verizon Grants.(Thirteen nonprofit groups in Oregon have received grants for workforce development and community technology needs.)(Brief Article)
• School Meals.(Federal Register)
• Welfare recipients continue to show decline in work hours.
• Electronic enrollment.(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)(Brief Article)
• Welfare reform and children.(Brief Article)
• Calendar.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
• New secretaries in.(appointments)(Brief Article)
• HUD asks communities to conduct a one-night street count of homeless.(Department of Housing and Urban Development)
• Wyoming.(Around The States)(wages and salaries)(Brief Article)
• New York.(Around The States)(income tax credit program for low-income working parents)(Brief Article)
• Housing Awards.
• Fledgling senate hunger caucus grows to nearly third of senate.(Brief Article)
• Kansas.(Around the States)(budget time bomb is ticking in the state welfare agency.)(Brief Article)
• Study: one in nine households face hunger or hunger risk.
• Section 8 hit, again.(Slants & Trends)(Brief Article)
• Governors create special offices to help religious groups get funds.(Faith-based)
• Difficult Development Areas.(Federal Register)
• Mental health.(Mental health services)(Brief Article)
• Dole seeks funding for pilot program to extend free school meal eligibility.(Brief Article)
• Minimum wage up in five states with start of new year; two more to come.
• Summer Food Service.(Federal Register)
• IRS, HUD join to get word out on tax refunds due to working poor.(Internal Revenue Service)(United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development)(Brief Article)
• Administration releases $100 million in emergency LIHEAP funds for '05.
• Affordable housing.(Grant Awards)(Brief Article)
• Teen pregnancy prevention.(Grant Awards)(Brief Article)
• Faith-Based initiative brings federal funds to Christian-based programs.
• Calendar.(Calendar)
• Keep the faith.(Slants & Trends)
• Rental housing is out of reach in record number of counties.(Brief Article)
• Job training.(Grant Awards)(United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development)(Brief Article)
• Medicare prescription card.(Brief Article)
• Happy New Year.(Slants & Trends)
• Unification church groups get grants for 'Healthy Marriage'.
• Housing counseling.(Federal Register)(Brief Article)
• Judge rules Baltimore has failed to desegregate public housing properly.
• Study: secular job training programs outpace those of faith-based groups.
• After-school programs.
• Graduation rates.(Brief Article)
• Anti-poverty programs not expected to top the federal agenda in the New Year.(Outlook 2005)
• GAO: more steps needed to make one-stops accessible to disabled.(Government Accountability Office )
• HOPE VI.(Federal Register)
• Colorado.(medicaid)(Brief Article)
• Special report: faith-based initiatives.(Brief Article)
• Civil liberties groups look to monitor faith-based programs.(Anti-Defamation League)
• HHS: head start not meeting goals for child health, school readiness.(Health and Human Services Department)
• Bush Proposes increased Pell Grant; some lawmakers seek even more.
• Severe cuts expected.
• Social Security changes could affect disability benefits, too.
• Predatory lending.
• Massachusetts.(Around The States)(welfare planning by governor)(Brief Article)
• Democrats move to block plan to alter eligibility formula for student aid.(Brief Article)
• Judge strikes down restrictions imposed by legal services corp.
• Hunger Heroes.
• Changes at USDA.(Slants & Trends)(United States Department of Agriculture )(Brief Article)
• New Jersey head start.(Funding Opportunities)
• Senator introduces welfare bill with expanded work rules.
• HHS makes $643 million available for FY05 in unexpended SCHIP funds.(Health and Human Services Department)(State Children's Health Insurance Program)
• New Mexico.(Around The States)(fund for Early childhood education)(Brief Article)
• Georgia.(Around The States)(capital punishment)(Brief Article)
• Early reading grants.
• Calendar.(Calendar)
• Housing Myths.(Confronting Myths and Promoting a Balanced Housing Policy. )(Brief Article)
• Arkansas.(Around the States)(Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) is proposing extended eligibility for state-funded college scholarships to illegal aliens.)(Brief Article)
• Targeted job training program helps young Chicago dads stay on the job.
• Self-sufficiency.(Grant Awards)(United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development)(Brief Article)
• Emergency capital repair grants.(Federal Register)(Brief Article)
• Pre-K spending.(Kindergarten education expenses in United States)(Brief Article)
• Texas head start.(Funding Opportunities)