The latest news, analysis and opinion on the state of low-income women and their families from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, a national foundation-led initiative, is excited to collaborate with The Women’s Foundation to bring you the latest news and analysis on women and poverty. Spotlight is the go-to site for news and ideas about fighting poverty.
Here’s this week’s news:
• In an op-ed about underage sex slavery in Ohio’s Dayton Daily News, columnist Martin Gottlieb discusses how poverty and abusive families push young girls into prostitution.
• The mortality rate of California women who die from causes directly related to pregnancy has tripled in the past decade; researchers are trying to determine if the risk of death increases with poverty, as reported in the Ventura County Star.
• Protestors opposed to the opening of a new Planned Parenthood site are declaring to the Telegram & Gazette that the Massachusetts town of Fitchburg was chosen because of its high poverty rate.
• The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Nebraska Medicaid has recently restored coverage for the prenatal costs of many low-income pregnant women. Coverage will end, however, for about 1,000 undocumented immigrants.
• Sacramento County is failing to distribute state and federal money to child care centers that handle low-income kids and help out single-mother families, according to the Sacramento Bee.
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The Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity Team