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Raise the Wage! A $12 Federal Minimum Wage Would Benefit 8.5 Million Latino Workers
(2015-07-07)An unfair minimum wage disproportionately affects Latinos who are concentrated in low-wage jobs. Congress has not raised the federal minimum wage, currently $7.25 per hour, since 2009. Worse, the minimum wage for tipped ... -
Raising the Bar: How AmeriCorps Members Are Increasing Literacy Rates in Latino Communities
(2010-04-08)This report seeks to highlight some of the promising practices and illuminate opportunities for continuous improvement across NCLR LENS Project Affiliate sites. Furthermore, the report incorporates an extensive literature ... -
Raising the Bar: Implementing Common Core State Standards for Latino Student Success
(2012-04-01)The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative is a state-led, voluntary effort to establish a single set of clear educational standards for English language arts and mathematics that states can share and voluntarily ... -
Raising the Bar: Implementing Common Core State Standards for Latino Student Success
(2012-04-17)The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative is a state-led, voluntary effort to establish a single set of clear educational standards for English language arts and mathematics that states can share and voluntarily ... -
Raza Development Fund Brochure
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Raza Development Fund Brochure
(2006-09-20)The Raza Development Fund (RDF), a support organization of NCLR, provides capital, technical assistance, and training to stimulate opportunities for underserved Latinos by strengthening the capacity of our community ... -
RDF 10 Year Anniversary Award
(2009-05-04)in celebration of 10 years of community development work across the US, RDF want to put the focus back onto our community and help in a small way ease the pressures on community organizations that the current economic ... -
Readiness to Implement the Affordable Care Act in the Latino Community
(2014-08-18)Readiness to Implement the Affordable Care Act in the Latino Community Among Health Centers and Community-Based Organizations Community health centers (CHCs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) are well-suited to ... -
Reality Check: Latino Community-Based Organizations Consider Green Jobs
(2009-07-08)On May 15, 2009, NCLR convened a roundtable meeting of 13 NCLR Affiliates to discuss training Latino workers for green jobs. Participants hailed from nearly every region of the country and ranged in programmatic experience ... -
Reauthorizing the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: The Impact on Latino Youth
(2011-02-03)This paper analyzes the impact on Latino youth of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, the primary law guiding federal juvenile justice policy. Latino youth would substantially benefit from reforms to the ... -
Rebuilding Homeownership Opportunities for Latino Families: Principles for Reforming U.S. Housing
(NCLR, 2010-03-23)Presented at Housing Finance What Should the New System Be Able to Do? Part I Government and Stakeholder Perspectives Submitted to U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services -
Recession Drives Up Poverty Levels Among Latino Families
(2010-09-16)The U.S. Census Bureau released the latest poverty statistics on September 16, 2010. The new data for 2009 show record increases in poverty among all Americans, reflecting the job losses associated with the recession. The ... -
Receta de parfait de frutas y yogur
(2016-03-30)Pruebe esta receta para un postre delicioso y saludable. -
Recommendations for the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(2010-03-30)The Hispanic Education Coalition (HEC), of which NCLR is a member, is an ad hoc coalition of national organizations dedicated to improving education for Hispanics. In this letter to Chairman Miller and Ranking Member Kline ... -
Recommendations to Include Latinos in Climate Change Legislation
(2010-01-06)Latino workers, taxpayers, and families all have a stake in federal climate change legislation. Policymakers should take into account Latino priorities as they debate energy policies that will impact the entire nation's future. -
Recommendations to the House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor on Reauthorization
(2010-03-30)As the federal government takes its first steps towards reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), NCLR and other advocates submitted their suggestions and priorities for education reform to the House. ... -
Recommendations to the President’s Making Home Affordable Program
(2009-09-04)This document outlines the challenges housing counselors are facing with the President's Making Home Affordable loan modification program as they struggle to help families save their homes from foreclosure. -
Recommendations to the President’s Making Home Affordable Program
(2009-07-28)This document outlines the challenges housing counselors are facing with the President's Making Home Affordable loan modification program as they struggle to help families save their homes from foreclosure. -
Recruiting Hispanics: Learning from Experience Some Ideas for Employers
(NCLR, 1986-07-07)This paper summarizes some of the challenges of Hispanic recruitment, and identifies techniques which may help employers become successful recruiters of Hispanic professional, technical, and managerial employees. -
Redefining HIV/AIDS for Latinos
(2006-10-19)Within the context of the changing demographics of HIV/AIDS among Latinos and an evolving national strategy to address the disease, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) conducted an extensive qualitative needs assessment ...
