Indiana officials urge health care program enrollment, By Ken Kusmer (AP), July 21, 2010, San Diego Union-Tribune: “State officials and public insurance advocates reached out Wednesday to Indiana’s more than half a million uninsured children and adults to get them enrolled in free and low-cost health care programs. Back-to-school paperwork for many K-12 students will help enroll them in Hoosier Healthwise, Indiana’s health care program combining Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, State School Superintendent Tony Bennett and other officials said at a Statehouse news conference. For example, qualifying for free and reduced-price lunches provides fast-track enrollment into Hoosier Healthwise for needy students, Bennett said…”
Day: July 23, 2010
Unemployment Claims on the Rise
Jobless Claims Increase, By Sarah N. Lynch and Jeff Bater, July 22, 2010, Wall Street Journal: “The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week by more than expected, reversing declines posted the prior week and signaling there is still little improvement in job market conditions. In its weekly report Thursday, the Labor Department said the number of U.S. workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits increased by 37,000 to 464,000 in the week ended July 17. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had expected claims would rise by 21,000. The disappointing report comes just one day after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers that the U.S. economic outlook was “somewhat weaker,” although he signaled there are no immediate plans for a shift in the Fed’s policy. The previous week’s level of claims was revised only slightly downward, from 429,000 to 427,000. The four-week moving average — which aims to give a better idea of the trend by smoothing volatility in the data — went up by 1,250 to 456,000 in the week ended July 17. The prior week’s average was revised to 454,750.
Claims lasting more than one week, meanwhile, dropped…”
Bilingual Education Helps Children Progress – Vietnam
- Education key to easing poverty, AFP, July 22, 2010, The Straits Times: “Education is a key to lifting Vietnam’s ethnic minorities from the ranks of the country’s poorest, a United Nations expert said on Thursday. After a 10-day mission to the country, Gay McDougall said education is ‘a gateway’ to development and poverty eradication for its minorities who remain ‘the poorest of Vietnam’s poor’. ‘Persistent problems remain for many of those belonging to Vietnam’s minority groups,’ despite economic growth, social development and poverty alleviation more generally, Ms McDougall, the UN’s independent expert on minority issues, said in a statement…”
- Bilingual education could improve lives of VietNam?s ethnic minorities, By UN News, July 22, 2010, Spero News: “Despite Viet Nam’s progress in boosting economic growth and reducing poverty, the country”s ethnic minorities continue to remain the poorest of the poor, says a United Nations human rights expert, adding that bilingual education could play a major role in redressing this situation. “Access to quality and appropriate education is a gateway to development and poverty eradication for minorities, and it is equally essential for the preservation and promotion of minority cultures, languages and identities,” Gay McDougall, the UN Independent Expert on minority issues, said following a 10-day mission to the country…”