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"You're eligible if you have a Medicare prescription drug plan or a Medicare Advantage health plan that includes prescription coverage, and you are not receiving extra drug benefits from Medicare because of low income."

"Bishop Spaugh Academy, a middle school that gets extra federal money because of high poverty levels, still has needs that aren't allowed under the federal program, says Principal Denise Watts."

"Low-income parents often struggle to provide school uniforms for their children, and a new campaign hopes to... help them afford new clothes. The South Bend Community School Corp. is opening [a shop]..., where low-income families can pick out a school uniform for free. "

"Often, that goes hand-in-hand with low family incomes. For example, in Guilford County students from low-income households make up nearly half of the student body but less than 20 percent of advanced learners."

"For instance, students coming from impoverished backgrounds often have a better chance at succeeding during their college careers if they see examples of peers who have done well once they entered higher education."

"Participants... discussed the recent decision by Congress to reduce the role of banks in making subsidized student loans... That's expected to yield $61 billion in savings over 10 years that will be used to increase the annual Pell Grants awarded to low-income students."

"'The post-Katrina changes had little impact on the integration of public schools in New Orleans..." the Tulane group said in a 14-page response to the report, which was authored by the University of Minnesota Law School's Institute on Race and Poverty..."

"The new zones would end Wake's long-standing practice of sending thousands of low-income Southeast Raleigh and downtown Raleigh students to schools in places such as North Raleigh and western Wake to promote diversity."

"These trends hold true for every class since the MCAS graduation requirement was imposed - the young people who feel the brunt of the negative effects of this standard are minority, low-income, and urban."

"He was in the first cadre of ninth graders who signed up in January 2007, when the venerable nonprofit announced College Connection, an intensive program designed to make sure that talented low-income students../ have the academic, social, and emotional skills they need..."

"Those sanctions include letting parents transfer their children to better-performing schools in the same district, offering tutoring for students from low-income families and restructuring the way the schools operate."

"Given that much of Texas' population growth will be among low-income families, the state needs to make sure that those families know that college can be within financial reach. Often, he said, poor families grossly overestimate the resources their children need."