The latest news, analysis and opinion on the state of low-income women and their families from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. For the week ending 8/20/2010: A look at a small nonprofit facing tough times and the impact on one community. Plus, Wisconsin becomes the latest state to use Medicaid funds for free contraception.
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Here’s this week’s news:
·The Orlando Sentinel interviews Debra Thomas, who, once a homeless single mother, now runs a nonprofit to help others facing tough times and struggles to meet demand in the current economic climate.
·As part of the federal healthcare overhaul, Wisconsin is pushing to expand a controversial program that uses federal Medicaid funds to provide free contraception to low-income women, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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