The 2012 KIDS COUNT - Puerto Rico Data Book is an effort to collect and analyze child-focused data every year with the purpose of improving the well-being of Puerto Rico's youth. It provides statistical information on the ...

The report details the inadequacy of information on Hispanic youth, who constitute one of the fastest-growing segments of the population, and highlights this lack of data as a major barrier to developing strategies and ...

Two of the biggest stories to emerge from the 2010 Census have been the growing diversity of America's youth population and the critical role that today's minority children will play in our nation's future.  Over the past ...

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 ...

El libro de datos \ NUESTROS NIÑOS CUENTAN - Puerto Rico Libro de Datos 2010\ es un esfuerzo por recopilar y analizar anualmente los datos relacionados con los niños y niñas a fin de mejorar el bienestar de la juventud ...

The 2010 KIDS COUNT - Puerto Rico Data Book is an effort to collect and analyze child-focused data every year with the purpose of improving the well-being of Puerto Rico's youth.  It provides statistical information on the ...

As Latino children and youth continue to drive the growth of the Latino community and the nation as a whole, these publications provide an overview of the most pressing issues for this population as they were addressed at ...

Latino student achievement has emerged as a central issue in education reform debates.  After decades of neglect and disregard for the persistent disparities faced by these students, this attention is both welcome and long ...

More than one in five (22.1%) Hispanic children is uninsured—nearly three times the rate of non-Hispanic White children (7.3%).  Because health coverage has been shown to improve children's access to timely care, the ...

Recognizing the opportutnies that after-school programs hold for disadvantaged students, NCLR conducted a national study to examine the landscape of after-school programming for Latino students.