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To: flatsville who wrote (33899)	11/5/2000 12:13:47 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Anything Legal Services says or does is subject to skepticism on my part. Those guys are professional activists. One of the things I am proud of is that the Virginia Bar Association finally made contributions of interest on IOLTA (Interest on Lawyer's Trust Accounts) to Legal Aid voluntary instead of mandatory.

To: flatsville who wrote (33899)	11/5/2000 4:33:13 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

>>40 States Forfeit Health Care Funds for Poor Children By ROBERT PEAR ASHINGTON, Sept. 23 — Forty states will soon lose hundreds of millions of dollars of federal money that was supposed to provide health insurance to children in low-income families, federal and state officials say. The money — 45 percent of the $4.2 billion provided by Congress — remains unspent by the states after three years. It will be given to New York and nine other states that used their full allotments of federal money under the Children's Health Insurance Program, which was created by Congress, with much enthusiasm and fanfare, in 1997. "We would like to be able to keep that money and use it to provide health care to children," said Helene Robinson, director of the state program in Louisiana, which expects to lose $63.7 million, or 63 percent of its federal allotment of $101.7 million. California and Texas account for more than half of the unspent money — $590 million and $446.3 million, respectively. Together, they have 29 percent of the nation's 11 million uninsured children.<< Hmmm, isn't Gray Davis a Democrat? ;^) nytimes.com