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"Today, most of the money helps pay for the state's Medicaid program, which provides health care to low-income people, Schoenberg said. It's a good use of the money, he said, because every dollar spent on the program brings in matching funds from the federal government."

"'There's always been issues in the South Philly schools, just because of the territorial divide in the neighborhood,' Philadelphia Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said. "You have a large number of youths in that area, a lot of poverty [there]..."

"A product of the Compton, Calif., public school system, Richardson-Lowry, 53, said she would call on her experience succeeding in that tough city to help guide her in dealing with the high rates of poverty and violence Chicago schoolchildren face."

"Beginning in March, some low-income expectant mothers may help in knocking down the county's crime rate. The county received a $2.7 million grant in December to start Early Head Start programs in South Dos Palos, Atwater, Merced and Delhi."

"Some day we'll need to reform teacher preparation; for now, we need to give hands-on help to schools with high concentrations of low-income and minority students."

"The program, funded by the United Way, focuses on working families with dependent children whose incomes are at or below 200 percent of the poverty level and residing in and around San Antonio's Southwest Side."

"They spoke during a meeting of Cal State's Board of Trustees at which university officials formally announced an ambitious initiative to raise graduation rates, particularly for students who are from minority groups and low-income households."

""In the 21st century, one of the best anti-poverty programs is a world-class education."He also said college students should only have to devote 10 percent of their post-college income to repaying student loans."

"Those who are at a higher risk, according to the commission, are African Americans who are unaware of their sexual partner's risk factors; those men and women who have other sexually transmitted diseases; and those who live in poverty."

"Aprende Team Executive Director Rebeca Rodriguez presented her charter group as already expert in teaching the low-income minority students who will attend the school."

"Of all the districts in Illinois with at least a 50 percent of its students at poverty level and a black student population of at least 40 percent, District 162 is the only one with 80 percent or more of its students scoring at or above state standards."

"California State University is embarking on an ambitious initiative to raise its graduation rates and help more low-income and minority students earn degrees, even as it faces perhaps the grimmest budget outlook in its history."