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Articles in March, 2005 issue of Economic Opportunity Report

• Perkins reauthorization bills take leap forward in House, Senate.(Brief Article)
• Milk donations.(Brief Article)
• 'Making a difference'.(National Neighborhood Coalition)(Brief Article)
• GAO calls for stepped-up oversight of Head Start; House to investigate.(General Accountability Office)
• Housing loans.(Housing Assistance Council)(Brief Article)
• Mississippi works to solve Medicaid cost crisis plaguing the State.
• Head Start study.
• HUD issues revisions to FMRs for handful of jurisdictions.(Fair Market Rents: Department of Housing and Urban Development)
• Welfare advances.(Slants & Trends)(Brief Article)
• House passes WIA renewal plan with faith-based provision intact.(Workforce Investment Act)
• Free dental program pairs poor kids with dental students, volunteers.
• Food stamp numbers rise.(Brief Article)
• Nutrition programs.(national school lunch program)(Brief Article)
• Alaska Native education.(Funding Opportunities)
• Senate Committee approves extension for welfare, with increased work rules.
• Increased food bank donations is goal of Lugar tax relief legislation.(Brief Article)
• Bill offered in house to improve services for at-risk youngsters.(Brief Article)
• New role for Thompson.(appointment of Tommy Thompson G. in Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld L.L.P.)(Brief Article)
• Kennedy calls for action on poverty.(Edward M. Kennedy)
• Bipartisan group of senators seeks renewal of child care block grant.(Brief Article)
• Virginia Fatherhood program provides support to incarcerated, troubled men.
• Minimum wage.(Slants & Trends)(Brief Article)
• Senate appropriations committees realigned; HUD panel disbanded.(Housing and Urban Development)
• Report finds Social Security keeps millions of seniors out of poverty.(Brief Article)
• Senior farmers' markets.(Brief Article)
• Taxpayer clinics.(Funding Opportunities)
• Bipartisan Senate bill would extend work tax credits to stimulate jobs.(Brief Article)
• Republican leaders unveil 12-point agenda for fighting poverty.
• Calendar.(Calendar)
• After-school care.(government aid to education)(Brief Article)
• Verizon Foundation.(Funding Opportunities)(Public Notice)
• Bipartisan bill would increase Pell Grants to needy students.(Brief Article)
• Governors, Bush administration continue Medicaid negotiations.(George W. Bush)
• Child Care services.(Brief Article)
• HUD SuperNOFA.(Funding Opportunities)(Department of Housing and Urban Development)(Notices of Funding Availability)(Brief Article)
• Bush: faith-based groups received $2 billion in federal grants last year.(George W. Bush)
• Administration releases $50 million more in LIHEAP emergency funds.(Low-Income Home Energy Assistance )(Brief Article)
• Welfare reauthorization bill emerges from House ways and means panel.
• Budget blueprints could bring big cuts for programs serving the low-income.
• Healthy marriage.(Brief Article)