Virginia Poverty Law Center News
Va. health care gets average grade in national ranking
Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 1, 2008
The rankings are in a federal government analysis of health care data for each state. The 2007 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports was compiled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
UVA law students help veterans
WSLS, March 28, 2008
A group, made up of attorneys and law students, is helping veterans get their claims heard in the Veterans Administration. The project is sponsored by the law school, the student-run Virginia Law Veterans and the Charlottesville/Albemarle Bar Association.
Virginia Shouldn't Provide Worst Foster Care
Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 23, 2008
Change is hard. The system is complex. But Virginia cannot continue to have the worst outcomes in the country for youth in foster care. We can do better, and the recently passed reform package moves us toward the day when rhetoric becomes reality -- when all of our children in foster care find permanent and loving homes in caring communities.
Illegal Immigration Issues Attract Little Interest Outside N.Va.
The Washington Post, March 15, 2008
"Bills dealing with behaviors that threaten public safety ought to be taken very seriously," [Governor] Kaine said. "Beyond that, you've got to be very careful."
Helping those who can't help themselves
The Daily Press, March 14, 2008
The governor's budget request originally included enough money to pay for 150 [Medicaid] waivers over the next two fiscal years, the same number that were paid for during the previous budget season. However the House of Delegates budget proposed raising that number to 800, and the House and the Senate eventually compromised and agreed to pay for 600 slots in the first year of the two-year budget.
Compromise doesn't withdraw Virginia from No Child Left Behind
The Virginian-Pilot, March 7, 2008
Instead, the governor will likely get a bill that leaves it to the Virginia Board of Education to recommend what to do if federal officials don't grant the state waivers from the landmark education law.
A bushel of immigration bills met with mixed reviews
The Virginian-Pilot, March 6, 2008
"When local police are seen as immigration agents, it destroys community policing efforts and undermines the trust between law enforcement and the immigrant communities of Virginia," said Tim Freilich, legal director of the Legal Aid Justice Center's Immigrant Advocacy Program.